PayPal Stock Fined 6% After Flood Of Users Cancel Over $2,500 ‘Misinformation’ Debacle

Shares in PayPal are off more than 6% (or around $5BN in market cap) in early Monday trading after a massive internet campaign to cancel accounts went viral in response to the company’s now-reversed policy that would fine users $2,500 if they were to allegedly promote “misinformation” or “hate.”

PYPL -6%.

Anyone caught shorting this woke payment platform will be fined $2500

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 10, 2022

The company backpedaled on the line in their user agreement, which stated that for each violation, PayPal says users are subject to repercussions. Those include “liquated damages” of $2,500 per violation – with the money being taken directly from a person’s PayPal account.

Users were directed to PayPal’s user agreement, which states in part that PayPal can take a number of actions if users participate in restricted activities, such as holding their money in balance indefinitely. It also says that “you will be liable to PayPal for the amount of PayPal’s damages caused by your violation of the Acceptable Use Policy” at the amount of $2,500 per violation.

After outrage ensued, PayPal then insulted everyone’s intelligence – claiming the $2,500 penalty – which would have definitely gone through legal review – went out “in error” and “included incorrect information.”

“An AUP notice recently went out in error that included incorrect information. PayPal is not fining people for misinformation and this language was never intended to be inserted in our policy,” a PayPal spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.

“Our teams are working to correct our policy pages. We’re sorry for the confusion this has caused,” the spokesperson added.

No one accidentally publishes a policy where they steal $2,500 every time they say you spread misinformation or hurt the feelings of the pronoun brigade. They plan to do this when they know they can get away with it. Cancel your PayPal & Venmo accounts (they own Venmo). https://t.co/QYzTAxq0qZ

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 9, 2022

If you don’t cancel your PayPal account for their malicious disregard for your money, cancel because they have such poor control of their legal documents, that they might, apparently, revise a key contract by accident.

— Alexandros Marinos (@alexandrosM) October 9, 2022

In response, a flood of people canceled their PayPal accounts.

I have had enough!#cancelpaypal #BankruptPaypal #GoWokeGoBroke pic.twitter.com/xR42di2veN

— Chuck Nospam (@ChuckNospam) October 9, 2022

What a relief! Suck it PayPal. #CancelPaypal pic.twitter.com/tM23EhAfkD

— Tara Lee (@sarcastic_tara) October 8, 2022

I did my part. I urge everybody to do the same:#cancelpaypal #BankruptPaypal #GoWokeGoBroke pic.twitter.com/jZSqPmvC6i

— HypoChondriac Karen (@ElmerOmar20) October 10, 2022

Just moved all money I had in my PayPal account out of it. And I very must suggest you do the same.

This is serious.

They are delaying the transfer “pending review” for 12 hours. But at least it’s done. #PayPal is dead. pic.twitter.com/Cr1EA1yQjh

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 8, 2022

But as Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton points out:

So @PayPal will not fine you but will ban, de-platform, and censor you for “misinformation”?

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) October 9, 2022