“(f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime”
This analysis describes what PayPal's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
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.
How other platforms handle this
Don't create or share defamatory or libelous content that could damage someone's reputation or falsely portray them in a harmful way.
Content that is unoriginal, plagiarized, or copied from another individual or organization.
Using a Stock Avatar to create, offer or sell any non-fungible tokens (NFTs), or incorporating any Stock Avatars therein.
"(f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crimeExcerpt from PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy
Get the weekly coverage letter
Companies change their terms without announcing it. We capture governance documents, compare each new version with the last, and publish what changed, with the source text behind it. One email a week on what we found and what we could not reach.
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.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 238 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by PayPal.