PayPal Deplatforms Independent News Outlets and the Case for Crypto

Veteran magazine journalist Matt Taibbi recently shed light on PayPal’s moves to deplatform alternative news publishers like Consortium News and MintPress in his article “PayPal’s IndyMedia Wipeout.” The Hash group discusses the benefits of decentralized finance in a climate of increased digital surveillance, media focus on the war in Ukraine and crypto’s ability to break existing institutional power structures.

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