PayPal is reportedly bribing users with a “one-time courtesy $15 worth of PayPal voucher” to keep them from closing their accounts.
PayPal announced that it would begin fining users $2,500, directly from their accounts, if the company deems them to be spreading “misinformation” in its newly updated policy.
Breaking Digest reported that the company reversed course on the new policy following massive backlash, claiming that the update was sent “in error”.
“An AUP notice recently went out in error that included incorrect information. PayPal is not fining people for misinformation and this language was never intended to be inserted in our policy. Our team is working to correct our policy pages. We’re sorry for the confusion this has caused,” said PayPal.
Following the trend to boycott PayPal, some users were having a problem closing their accounts.
One user commented, “Endless hours chatting with the support here. Some people are able to close it in seconds. Others it takes weeks. Criminal.”
Another said, “Looks like they’ve disabled Account Closure over at Paypal to prevent customers exiting their platform. No doubt there’ll be the usual corporate-speak on “temporary technical issue” inbound.”
The financial company is now reportedly bribing its users in a desperate move to prevent them from closing their accounts.
“PayPal is NOT Fining people for Misinformation. We are sorry for the confusion this has caused leading you in closing your account. Allow me to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and since we value you as a PayPal member, I would like to give you a one-time courtesy of $15 worth of PayPal voucher because we want to keep you and I want you to stay with our PayPal Family,” according to message from PayPal Assistant.
Jenna Ellis, a lawyer known for her work as a member of President Trump’s legal team, also shared a message she received on her Facebook page.
According to Glenn Greenwald of Intercept, “Paypal has been leading this truly dangerous effort to banish people from the financial system for expressing dissent from neoliberal orthodoxies. They partnered with ADL – a standard DNC/liberal group – to identify “extremists” who deserve to be banned.”
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