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May 06, 2022

A series of moves against media outlets by PayPal shows the next step in speech control: confiscation. Why won't the company answer questions?

Narrated by Jared Moore

Text Published 5/03/2022:

TK News by Matt Taibbi

PayPal's IndyMedia Wipeout

In the last week or so, the online payment platform PayPal without explanation suspended the accounts of a series of individual journalists and media outlets, including the well-known alt sites Consortium News and MintPress. Each received a variation of the following message…

3 years ago · 895 likes · 444 comments · Matt Taibbi

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