{"article":{"id":35329,"heading":"Three More Independent Media Websites Dump PayPal","author":"Zapata","created":"2003-03-13 22:35:16","modified":"2003-03-13 22:35:16","last_modified":"Fri, 14 Mar 2003 05:35:16","article":"<p>Three More Independent Media Websites Dump PayPal\r\n<\/p><p><b><i>Stop Fascism!<\/i>, <i>Break\r\nYour Chains<\/i>, and Rational\r\nAnarchism have all dumped their PayPal donation mechanism in Solidarity with\r\nthe website <i>What Really Happened<\/i>.&nbsp;\r\nPayPal, apparently in political retaliation for <i>What\r\nReally Happened<\/i>'s anti-war views, pulled the plug on <i>What\r\nReally Happened<\/i>s PayPal account, seizing their funds for six\r\nmonths.&nbsp; PayPal, a major source of payment facilitation for pornographic\r\nwebsites, informed <i>What Really\r\nHappened<\/i> that their decision was based on the content of the independent\r\nnews outlets website.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Reports on IndyMedia indicate that a growing number of websites and\r\nindividuals are dumping PayPal, transferring their funds out, and closing their\r\naccounts.&nbsp; It is not beyond reason to expect that PayPal may become the\r\nfirst electronic payment system to experience a \"run on the\r\nbank.\"&nbsp; Unlike actual banks, PayPal does not appear to have any\r\nprotection from such developments.&nbsp; The question, then, is whether this\r\nmeans the end of PayPal?<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Coincidently, today is the day that <i>What\r\nReally Happened<\/i> promoted as a Virtual March on Washington aiming at\r\nstopping Congress from approving $12 Billion in additional aid to the fascist\r\nZionist state of Israel.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>We urge all anti-war organizations and individuals to take action against\r\nPayPal.&nbsp; Write PayPal a letter, or better yet, close your PayPal account.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>For information on PayPal's notorious capriciousness with the funds of its\r\nclients, see the following links:<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li><b>DoNotUsePaypal<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>PayPal Warning<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Pay\r\n    Pal wall of shame!<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>PayPal problems<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>PayPal\r\n    hit by class-action suit<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Welcome to the PayPal\r\n    Fraud &amp; Complaint Forum!<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Consumer\r\n    Alert: PayPal's Problems<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>PayPal\r\n    Lawsuit - anyone else having problems?<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>PayPal\r\n    and eBay in trouble already<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>www.paypalsucks.com<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Our\r\n    fifteen minutes...<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Fifteen\r\n    minutes of fame, part 2!<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>PAYPAL\r\n    PORN PROMOTES PEDOPHILIA<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Suit\r\n    Claims PayPal Not Your Friend<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>WARNING\r\n    - PAYPAL GOING UNDER - FREEZING ACCOUNTS<\/b><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Our\r\n    fifteen minutes, part 3... <\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Stop Fascism!, Break Your Chains, and Rational Anarchism have all dumped their PayPal donation mechanism in Solidarity with the website What Really Happened.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/35329.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}