Finally, the TRUTH: PayPal admits freezing accounts over criticism of COVID-19 policies, sparking free speech concerns

PayPal has acknowledged for the first time that it froze the account of a prominent U.K.-based children’s rights campaigner due to her criticism of COVID-19 policies, including school closures and mandatory vaccinations. The admission has reignited debates over free speech, financial censorship and the role of corporations in policing dissent.

Molly Kingsley, founder of the parent campaign group UsForThem, was informed by PayPal in September 2022 that her account had been terminated due to “the nature of its activities.” Documents disclosed during pre-action correspondence reveal that PayPal compiled a dossier on Kingsley over four months, citing excerpts from her book, The Children’s Inquiry, which criticized pandemic measures.

The dossier highlighted passages such as: “Some may maintain that restrictions applied to children were a necessary evil. We say that a public health paradigm which strives to protect adults without weighing up the costs to children is the very antithesis of ‘public health.’” Another excerpt criticized the stigmatization of children with mask exemptions: “In our new world, children with mask exemptions were often forced to wear a lanyard or other symbol, signaling their disability to the rest of their cohort.”

PayPal’s admission marks a significant moment in the ongoing debate over corporate power and free speech. The company stated that Kingsley’s account was frozen because of “content published by UsForThem relating to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and school closures,” which it claimed violated its “acceptable use” policy....<<<Read More>>>...