TalkLeft Censored By Paypal

TalkLeft Censored By Paypal:

Unbelievable. This e-mail from paypal was in TalkLeft's email box today. Shorter version: TalkLeft's paypal account is restricted because of a link to a beheading video.... they have blocked my access to my paypal account, which contains funds contributed by TalkLeft readers. Unless I remove the item Paypal finds offensive, they will not release the funds to me. That's censorship. Reporting on crime news requires reporting on graphic situations. TalkLeft's mention of the site carrying the video included a a statment of my opinion that the beheadings are despicable and I would not be viewing them. The link I provided was not to the video itself, only to the site that carried it. I even included a warning that the site contained other offensive material. If I have to restrict what I write about or suffer the seizure of TalkLeft's funds, that's censorship.

Crazy. The problem is of course that Paypal/Ebay can put all sorts of weasel-words in their Terms of Service, and point to them as an enforceable contract.