[HN Gopher] PayPal: The company can take $2,500 from your accoun...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       PayPal: The company can take $2,500 from your account for sharing
       misinformation
        
       Author : andsoitis
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2022-10-08 21:22 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (bgr.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (bgr.com)
        
       | guywithahat wrote:
       | PayPal seems to have already reversed this policy and is claiming
       | it was an "accident" https://www.theepochtimes.com/paypal-
       | reverses-course-says-co...
        
         | codefreeordie wrote:
         | They "accidentally" paid somebody to write a new agreement and
         | then accidentally published it. Uh huh.
        
         | rsj_hn wrote:
         | Having been involved in the writing of terms of service (not my
         | choice), I can tell you that lots of lawyers are involved that
         | pore over every word, and nothing is an accident. Not unless
         | paypal as a financial services company has terrible controls
         | over its subscription agreements with customers, which seems
         | hard to imagine.
        
       | jdmark wrote:
       | Blatantly illegal.
        
       | tenpies wrote:
       | Not surprising in Biden's America.
       | 
       | Dailywire is reporting that Paypal has reversed course[1], which
       | is probably code for paused until there's a bette time. They are
       | of course, deeply sorry that so many people noticed.
       | 
       | ---
       | 
       | [1] https://www.dailywire.com/news/paypal-reverses-plan-to-
       | fine-...
        
         | zeruch wrote:
         | "Not surprising in Biden's America."
         | 
         | What an utterly daft lukewarm take.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2022-10-08 23:02 UTC)