We’ve just been hit with a big libel charge from
PayPal.
The reason: we protested outside PayPal’s HQ and told the tech
giant to end its business relationship with a neo-Nazi group in
Germany.
Here’s is what you need to know: More than 100,000 SumOfUs
members signed a petition to get PayPal to shut down the account of
Pro Chemnitz, a neo-Nazi group responsible for refugee hunts
and attacks on Jewish restaurants. Pro Chemnitz uses PayPal
to raise money to finance their hate.
Today we tried to bring your voices to the PayPal HQ in Berlin --
and were greeted by the police. PayPal is pressing charges
for libel -- even though all we did was state the
truth.
This is big. PayPal is a multi-billion dollar corporation with
unlimited resources to intimidate us and thwart our battle against
hate. But we have unlimited power in members like
you.
A heavy-weight lawsuit like this could be ruinous for a
small organization like SumOfUs. They are trying to scare
us, Vladimir. But we won’t let them get away with it.
Donating just takes a moment – use Paypal or your
card.
Can
you chip in $1 now so we’re ready for a lawsuit?
A mobile billboard exposing PayPal’s ties to Neo-Nazis has been
circling the HQ since 8 am this morning -- paid for by SumOfUs
members like you. And lucky for us PayPal’s HQ is made out
of glass -- so all its employers couldn’t hide from our
message.
That’s why PayPal’s execs are so furious. They
don’t want to be associated with neo-Nazis.
When we arrived the police were already there to inform us that
we’d been charged with libel by PayPal for associating them with
neo-Nazis.
It’s clear: PayPal would rather use its financial might
to scare us away with legal action, than face up to its
shameful ties with Neo-Nazis. It’s a low blow to silence the
likes of you and me, and anyone who speaks truth to
power.
The police made us tape over the PayPal logo on our billboard,
but the message is still there for everyone to see. Our lawyers
think the next step is for PayPal to slap us with a gag order.
We have the facts and lawyers to back our case. But
fighting PayPal in court will be costly, and could drag out
for months or even years. Your donation right now could be
the difference between giving up and beating PayPal at its scare
game.
Donating just takes a moment – use Paypal or your
card.
Can
you chip in $1 to fight back against PayPal’s scare tactics?
