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Re:Don’t store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warns by LinuxBender on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:21PM (#36179142)
Adding to that their plans to engage in fining people for misinformation [1][2] They back-peddled but I would not be surprised to see them take another stab at it.

[1] - https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilymason/2022/10/27/after-pay...

[2] - https://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/paypals-misinformation-f...

Re:Don’t store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warns by tifik on Saturday June 03, 2023 @03:01PM (#36179538)
I would put "misinformation" into quotes, because iirc the policy was written so vaguely that it basically allowed them to fine you for whatever they disagreed with.
Re:Don’t store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warns by LinuxBender on Saturday June 03, 2023 @03:04PM (#36179561)
Agreed, I should have caught that. [Fixed]

That is one of the reasons I terminated my account of 20 years without hesitation.

Re:Don’t store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warns by ajkdhcb2 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @03:58PM (#36179998)
Isnt that what misinformation always means?
Re:Don’t store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warns by wizzwizz4 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @04:48PM (#36180395)
No. Some organisations go to great lengths to try to narrow down what counts as "misinformation". But it's tricky: the campaigns they're trying to protect against are usually politically-motivated, and international regional politics is a fast-changing field, and any policy you put in place will be immediately gamed.

It's like SEO, but with more lying.