PayPal De-Platforms Conservative Street Artist Sabo, Holds His Funds for Six Months
PayPal De-Platforms Conservative
Street Artist Sabo, Holds His Funds for Six Months
BY MATT MARGOLIS OCTOBER 29, 2019
On Monday
evening, Sabo, the conservative street artist who is mostly known for his
street posters that randomly pop up in California, reported on his Facebook page that he has now
been kicked off of PayPal. "Today Paypal canceled my account with all of
my money in it," he announced. "They are holding my funds for the
next 6 months."
PayPal is the money exchanging platform Sabo used to earn
income, and this de-platforming hits him hard financially. "I explained to
them that I live in a city with 60,000 homeless people and that they are about
to make me and my wife join their ranks."
Last year, Sabo
was also de-platformed from Twitter without being given a reason. He gave an exclusive interview to PJMedia's Megan Fox when it happened.
Sabo posted the
following image with his announcement about PayPal.
"My wife
had warned me about doing business with PayPal," the artist told PJM.
"I'd constantly tell her that they provided a great service which makes
starting an online store easy."
"I trusted
them," he explained. "I worked in the start-ups for many years and it
sucks to see what they've become. The people of PayPal obviously haven't taken
note of how many once-giants are less than memories now. Their time will come
soon as well. When it comes to the transfer of money, trust is paramount."
"They've
lost that trust with me," he added. "We are living in Orwellian
times."
Sabo insists in
his Facebook post that he will keep fighting to be able to earn a living.
"We'll find an alternative way to generate income and I'm sure they will
work to hit that as well. And then we'll find another." He also said he
expected this would happen. "2020 is right around the corner and they are
doing everything they can to silence our side. At least they finally did it so
now I can move on."
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