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The prohibition covers both ideological promotion—hate and discriminatory intolerance—and financially motivated exploitation of criminal activity, capturing a wide range of harmful conduct.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a partial clause marked '(f)', indicating it is one item in a broader list. Other items are not quoted and may contain additional independent prohibitions.
If you use PayPal, you are prohibited from using it to promote hate, violence, or discriminatory intolerance of any kind, or to financially exploit a crime.
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The prohibition covers both ideological promotion—hate and discriminatory intolerance—and financially motivated exploitation of criminal activity, capturing a wide range of harmful conduct.
If you use PayPal, you are prohibited from using it to promote hate, violence, or discriminatory intolerance of any kind, or to financially exploit a crime.
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