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UK payment services review to weigh free-speech protections after PayPal’s Covid controversy

By Fiona Maxwell ( January 16, 2023, 13:56 GMT | Insight) -- A review of UK payment services rules will consider whether the existing framework needs to better protect freedom of expression, the government has said, after controversy around PayPal shutting the accounts of groups that question Covid lockdowns and vaccine safety. It said it supports freedom of speech and wants to know whether regulatory changes are needed.A review of UK payments rules will consider whether the existing framework needs to better protect freedom of expression, the government has said, after controversy around PayPal shutting the accounts of groups that question Covid lockdowns and vaccine safety. ...

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