PayPal Continues To Drive People To Bitcoin And Other Solutions As It Starts Cutting Off VPNs & Open Internet Solutions
There's a fairly long history of Paypal being completely obnoxious in shutting down the accounts of basically anyone challenging the status quo in any way. Nearly all of our stories about Paypal follow a similar pattern:
Paypal cuts off MEGA because it encrypts files
Paypal cuts of account for supporting Chelsea Manning
Paypal cuts off Wikileaks
Paypal cuts off Mailpile, encrypted email program
Paypal cuts off Smashwords, because it doesn't like some of its ebooks
Paypal cuts off Diaspora
Paypal cuts off a charitable secret Santa program
Paypal cuts off Swedish ISP that stood for user freedoms
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160205/11394433534/paypal-continues-to-drive-people-to-bitcoin-other-solutions-as-it-starts-cutting-off-vpns-open-internet-solutions.shtml