Big tech is the enemy of freedom!-----Armstrong Williams: PayPal Just Gave America an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future | The Patriot Post

Armstrong Williams: PayPal Just Gave America an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future | The Patriot Post

• Now, there’s no going back.

"...Recently, the payment processing behemoth PayPal crossed a line by implementing one of the most alarming and totalitarian rules ever imposed on clients by a private company. 

PayPal...decided to begin assuming the role of the thought police by modifying its terms of service to allow it to collect a $2,500 fine in addition to freezing a person’s funds if they spread “misinformation.”

• It is not difficult to imagine the consequences of a payment processing giant instituting such an oppressive policy, making it not only the arbitrator of truth but also giving it a stranglehold over a person’s livelihood when it disagrees with that individual. 
• The chilling impact on speech was evident, for instance, when the Canadian government began to freeze the bank accounts of protesting truck drivers earlier this year. 
• It seems that PayPal, observing the effect Canada’s policy had on protests — essentially eliminating the protests overnight — decided to introduce a similar rule to establish themselves as influential speech moderators...