11-23-2005, 05:56 PM
The British National Party, a UK political party with a long hostory of racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions is using PayPal's services to raise funds. During the 1980's and 1990's some of this group's biggest supporters included violent 'white power' UK skinhead gangs.
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/23/paypal_bnp/
You might recall that back in September PayPal froze over $30,000 in funds that had been raised for Hurricane Katrina victims by a humor web site: http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...310.0.html . It really doesn't say much for either PayPal, its parent company eBay, or Meg Whitman's morality, that it allows fundraising by a political party with a long history of racism and immigrant bashing, and yet it forbids funds to be raised and distributed to hurricane victims.
Here's a little background on the British National Party http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_print.jsp?id=255
Quote:Tory MP Ben Wallace has written to the boss of PayPal Europe over concerns that the online payment service is being used to raise funds for the British National Party (BNP).
The MP for Lancaster & Wyre was reacting to a campaign set in motion by his local branch of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) which claims that the BNP's extremist views breach Paypal's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) which states that "You many not use PayPal in the purchase or sale of items or support of organizations that promote hate, violence, or racial intolerance."
In 2004 Barclays and HSBC closed the accounts of the BNP following an undercover documentary by the BBC into the actions of the party
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/23/paypal_bnp/
You might recall that back in September PayPal froze over $30,000 in funds that had been raised for Hurricane Katrina victims by a humor web site: http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...310.0.html . It really doesn't say much for either PayPal, its parent company eBay, or Meg Whitman's morality, that it allows fundraising by a political party with a long history of racism and immigrant bashing, and yet it forbids funds to be raised and distributed to hurricane victims.
Here's a little background on the British National Party http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_print.jsp?id=255