<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Paypal: Now in the Censorship Business </title> <atom:link href="https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/05/02/paypal-now-in-the-censorship-business/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/05/02/paypal-now-in-the-censorship-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paypal-now-in-the-censorship-business&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paypal-now-in-the-censorship-business</link> <description>Human Animals at the Crossroads of Science, Religion, Media and Culture</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 20:13:53 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title> By: Erich Vieth </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/05/02/paypal-now-in-the-censorship-business/comment-page-1/#comment-687094</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 20:13:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=35290#comment-687094</guid> <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://taibbi.substack.com/p/paypals-indymedia-wipeout?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjgzNTEyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MzI1NzA1OCwiXyI6ImtvMUo0IiwiaWF0IjoxNjUxNjA4NzcyLCJleHAiOjE2NTE2MTIzNzIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMDQyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.TXqqrdFmf-fD1usE-SjbtuhUoL4olMmm3lDOJ-yF2IU&s=r" rel="nofollow ugc">Matt Taibbi: </a> <br> <blockquote>Matt Taibbi: "PayPal was sued earlier this year by three other account-holders for similar freezing of accounts without explanation. One of the original complainants was Chris Moneymaker, winner of the 2003 World Series of Poker, who claimed PayPal placed a hold on $12,000 of his money (the firm ultimately returned the funds, according to Bloomberg). The litigation involving the other complainants is still pending. PayPal meanwhile has periodically cut off other controversial media outlets, on both the left and the right. A former Infowars employee named David Knight, for instance, saw his independent broadcast show cut off last year, ironically after he broke with Alex Jones over the Stop the Steal issue. <br> All of this is going on at a time when the Biden administration just announced the formation of a dystopian “Disinformation Governance Board,” preposterously headed by a bubbly former Kennan Institute fellow, Nina “The Singing Neoliberal” Jankowicz. In a detail Jonathan Swift couldn’t have written better, Jankowicz — who once cited the author of the greatest news hoax of our generation, Christopher Steele, as an expert on the “evolution of disinfo” — last year put out a video of herself as the “Mary Poppins of Disinformation.” In it, she sang a variation of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” featuring lines like: <br> They’re laundering disinfo and we really should take note And not support their lies with our wallet voice or vote…"</blockquote>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://taibbi.substack.com/p/paypals-indymedia-wipeout?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjgzNTEyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MzI1NzA1OCwiXyI6ImtvMUo0IiwiaWF0IjoxNjUxNjA4NzcyLCJleHAiOjE2NTE2MTIzNzIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMDQyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.TXqqrdFmf-fD1usE-SjbtuhUoL4olMmm3lDOJ-yF2IU&s=r" rel="nofollow ugc">Matt Taibbi: </a><br /> </p> <blockquote><p>Matt Taibbi: “PayPal was sued earlier this year by three other account-holders for similar freezing of accounts without explanation. One of the original complainants was Chris Moneymaker, winner of the 2003 World Series of Poker, who claimed PayPal placed a hold on $12,000 of his money (the firm ultimately returned the funds, according to Bloomberg). The litigation involving the other complainants is still pending. PayPal meanwhile has periodically cut off other controversial media outlets, on both the left and the right. A former Infowars employee named David Knight, for instance, saw his independent broadcast show cut off last year, ironically after he broke with Alex Jones over the Stop the Steal issue.<br /> <br /> All of this is going on at a time when the Biden administration just announced the formation of a dystopian “Disinformation Governance Board,” preposterously headed by a bubbly former Kennan Institute fellow, Nina “The Singing Neoliberal” Jankowicz. In a detail Jonathan Swift couldn’t have written better, Jankowicz — who once cited the author of the greatest news hoax of our generation, Christopher Steele, as an expert on the “evolution of disinfo” — last year put out a video of herself as the “Mary Poppins of Disinformation.” In it, she sang a variation of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” featuring lines like:<br /> <br /> They’re laundering disinfo and we really should take note<br /> And not support their lies with our wallet voice or vote…”</p></blockquote> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>