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Contact Your MP and Urge Them to Support the PayPal Amendment

by Toby Young
6 December 2022 7:00 AM

As some readers may recall, Sally-Ann Hart MP tabled an amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill a couple of months ago which would have made it illegal for payment processors like PayPal to withhold or withdraw service from customers on the basis of their lawful political beliefs. This is something the Daily Sceptic and the Free Speech Union have been lobbying for after PayPal closed our accounts with no warning in September. PayPal restored them after I kicked up an almighty fuss and thousands of well-wishers cancelled their PayPal accounts, but plenty of accounts that have been closed for political reasons remain closed and we want PayPal to restore them and to stop censoring people.

After a conversation with the Bill Minister, Sally-Ann withdrew that amendment, having been assured that the Government recognised this was a problem – particularly as we move towards a cashless society – and would consider whether the best way of addressing it was via legislation or regulation.

Well, the Bill is coming back to the House tomorrow and there’s been no communication from the Government about the issue. So, Sally-Ann is re-tabling her amendment. If we’re to push the Government to act on this, it’s very important that as many MPs as possible speak in favour of Sally-Ann’s amendment – New Clause 27 – during the debate on Wednesday.

Could I therefore ask you, as a matter of urgency, to send this template email to your MP, asking them to speak in favour of New Clause 27 in tomorrow’s debate about the Financial Services and Markets Bill? It only takes a couple of minutes.

Thanks in advance. Given the recent success the FSU has had in persuading the Government to strengthen the free speech protections in the Online Safety Bill, I really think these emails make a difference.

Stop Press: Elon Musk thinks PayPal is embracing a Chinese-style social credit model. Read more on Reclaim the Net.

Tags: Cashless societyFinancial Services and Markets BillFree Speech UnionPayPalSally-Ann Hart

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RTSC
2 years ago

Done. Thank you Toby and team.

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TheGreenAcres
TheGreenAcres
2 years ago

So the Government promised to do something, she widthdrew her amendment in good faith… and then the Government did nothing. Quelle Surprise!

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Adrisha
Adrisha
2 years ago

Why is Britain so beholden to US tech companies? Why isn’t there a UK Facebook, UK Twitter, UK Google….all half asleep??

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Adrisha

The world does not need anymore Facebook’s, Twitter’s and Google’s.

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Chris P
Chris P
2 years ago

“particularly as we move towards a cashless society”. Only if we comply. Keep using cash: suppliers and customers alike.

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Human Resource 19510203
Human Resource 19510203
2 years ago
Reply to  Chris P

I agree. Toby, that sounds too much like giving in. Use cash and berate those who refuse to take it.

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jsampson45
jsampson45
2 years ago

It is a long letter – I doubt if the ordinary Joe or Josephine would be able to write it so it will be obviously a template letter masquerading as a personal one. It would be better, I would have thought, simply to boycott Paypal and other like bodies. The law is not so much an ass as a rhinoceros on speed.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  jsampson45

Ordinary Joes won’t be communicating in any way with “their” MPs.

They’re too busy believing in and supporting the Current Thing.

Last edited 2 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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