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Re:PayPal blocks transactions that include the word “tardigr... by Exmoor on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:15AM (#24417068)
For those of you, who like me, couldn't remember what a Tardigrade is, they're microscopic animals that live in water and are also known as Water Bears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

All I can think of is that this is some obscure word used to test functionality of their the piece of software that blocks payments based on a keywords contained within. I suppose someone could test out a transaction with obvious blocked keywords like "nazi terrorist child porn" and see if it behaves similarly, but I'm not going to try it.

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Re:PayPal blocks transactions that include the word “tardigr... by nforest on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:06AM (#24420093)
It would be weird to block those as they are pejorative used only by people who oppose these things. Try "national socialist freedom fighter". I don't know what child porn is called by pedophiles.
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Re:PayPal blocks transactions that include the word “tardigr... by Fjolsvith on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:54AM (#24420987)
> I don't know what child porn is called by pedophiles.

There's a rabbit hole.

<SFW> https://www.wired.co.uk/article/child-sexual-abuse-keywords-...

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