PayPal removes ‘gender-critical’ organizations from platforms, citing hate speech

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PayPal removed multiple “gender-critical” organizations from its platforms on the grounds that they engaged in hate speech.

The payment platform and its subsidiary Venmo on Tuesday removed the accounts of at least two groups that have regularly criticized gay and transgender rights activists. This included the PayPal account of Gays Against Groomers, a self-described “coalition of gays against the sexualization, indoctrination, and medicalization of children.” PayPal also closed the accounts of the Free Speech Union and the Daily Sceptic, two websites operated by the conservative British editor Toby Young.

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