Robinson, who had been using Paypal to help fund his ongoing legal battles, described the ban as \u201cfascism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey just don\u2019t like my opinion and want to silence me,\u201d<\/em> the 35-year old said. \u201cThe government and establishment can see I have public support, they can see I have the ability to fight back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n For its part, Paypal says it reserves the right to ban anyone that \u201cpromote[s] hate, violence, or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory\u201d<\/em> saying that Robinson\u2019s views did not fit within the user guidelines.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not take decisions like these lightly, and we work hard to be rigorous and fair-minded when reviewing PayPal accounts,\u201d<\/em> the company added. \u201cWe work hard to achieve the right balance and to ensure that our decisions are values-driven and not political.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n Robinson, the former leader of the English Defence League, was jailed in May for contempt of court for filming defendants in a child grooming trial, threatening to ruin the prosecution\u2019s case against the men in the process.<\/p>\n He alleges that PayPal has frozen \u201ca lot\u201d<\/em> of money that had been in his account for up to 180 days and has been vital to funding his ongoing legal defense.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Tommy Robinson: Case referred to Attorney General because it’s ‘too complex’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Robinson\u2019s 13-month sentence triggered a number of protests amid claims of harassment and abuse in prison. The conviction was later quashed on procedural grounds and the case has since been referred to the attorney general.<\/p>\n PayPal has a history of bowing to public pressure: in the aftermath of the recent Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting, the company banned the free-speech social media site Gab, which often gives a platform to extreme views. It also previously dropped Infowars, the website run by controversial commentator Alex Jones.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was also suspended from Twitter for breach of the company\u2019s \u201chateful conduct policy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Reports suggest that Robinson could stand to make up to \u00a31 million ($1.3 million) during an upcoming tour of the US where he has been invited to speak by a group of Republicans. It remains to be seen whether he will be granted a visa.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Tommy Robinson invited to address US lawmakers, multiple convictions complicate visa decision<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Payment processing giant PayPal has frozen the account of anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson and banned him from using the service indefinitely. Robinson, who had been using Paypal to help fund his ongoing legal battles, described the ban as \u201cfascism.\u201d \u201cThey just don\u2019t like my opinion and want to silence me,\u201d the 35-year old said. \u201cThe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-384463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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