PATRIOT Act Pushes Paypal to Go Puritan

Wednesday, September 15th, 2004

Paypal will now fine customers $500 for using its services in gambling, pornography, or overseas pharmaceutical transactions.

Now, you could buy the official company line that Paypal has barred transactions with vice industries because those industries are more prone to fraud, and that as a private company, it ought to be able to set its own policies.

Or you could look at the way the Department of Justice recently unleashed the PATRIOT Act on Paypal back when it was doing business with gaming websites, and perhaps conclude that someone at DOJ is advising Paypal on what its policies ought to be. Awfully concindental that Paypal’s new policies align neatly with the Bush administration’s crackdowns on drug reimportation, pornography, and gaming.

Also provides a needed reminder that PATRIOT’s being used for far more than anti-terrorism measures.

Hat tip: Vice Squad.

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42 Responses to “PATRIOT Act Pushes Paypal to Go Puritan”

  1. #1 |  eric | 

    what are the best options to paypal?

  2. #2 |  cubicle | 

    this does suck, because i had the idea of sending money to myself to run up points on a credit card.

    oh wait i still can do that.

  3. #3 |  The Interloper | 

    First sneak and peak and now this. When will the madness end?

  4. #4 |  John H. | 

    I blame straight marriage.

    John H.
    ReasonFor.com

  5. #5 |  Peter Lindholm | 

    I thought it rather funny that, while eBay (owner of Paypal) is more than willing to sell adult material on their website , they’re not willing to allow users to use Paypal to “pay” for it. If the problem is making money off these type transactions, since eBay makes money for each listing the same problem should exist (even for the “fraud” portion).

    There are other services (BidPay from Western Union). The main difference with those is that while eBay and Paypal are usually “Seller pays” (the fees), the Western Union option is a “Buyer pays” (higher fees). Some of the cheaper sellers on eBay already refuse Paypal for this reason and require other options.

  6. #6 |  Jason | 

    I was wondering why I can’t use paypal to gamble.

  7. #7 |  Ben | 

    The sad part is that John Kerry wouldn’t do anything different if he became president.

  8. #8 |  roach | 

    Golly, you can’t use paypal for money-laundering and criminal use of telephone lines. What is the world coming to?

  9. #9 |  Joker | 

    Pushing business offshore is all this accomplishes. Gov’t action is so predictable.

  10. #10 |  Joker | 

    Here is more Patriot fun….
    No plane ticket for you! – says Ashcroft.
    ;-)

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