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October 11, 2022
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| PayPal Censors Speech? Users Jump Ship After Questionable Policy Draft Leak |
| by Marjorie Jackson |
| At the end of September, popular online payment processor PayPal announced impending updates to their Acceptable Use Policies (AUP). The policy update stated that it would debit users up to $2,500 if they engaged in banned activity such as "promot[ing] misinformation" or "hate," effective November 3. As the headline spread across the media, the idea that PayPal's terms gave the company the right to withdraw several grand from bank accounts sparked a wave of outrage. |
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| Demoralized Disney Yields to Florida behind the Scenes |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| Disney might have escaped Hurricane Ian, but it can't say the same about the storm that blew through in March. Teams are still working around the clock to try to clean up the damage done by the company's clash with Florida Republicans - most of it, a new report suggests, behind the scenes. While CEO Bob Chapek brags that he "stood firm" during the showdown over the state's parental rights law, state officials say that privately, Disney is eating plenty of humble pie. |
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| Biden Underwater on Issues as Midterms Near |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Less than 50% of Americans approve of President Biden's handling of 10 key policy issues, according to an Ipsos poll of 1,003 American adults conducted October 3-4. With Election Day four weeks from Tuesday, the sitting president's approval rating remains underwater by double digits in the Real Clear Politics average - hardly an encouraging sign for his party. |
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| Vanderbilt Suspends Trans Clinic after Being Exposed for Controversial Practices |
| by Dan Hart |
| Following revelations that the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) may have punished workers who had conscientious objections against participating in transgender surgeries and is motivated to perform transition procedures on children for monetary gain, the hospital has announced they will temporarily halt transgender surgeries on minors. |
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