Original Blog Entry: Judge Orders Patreon to Pay Owen Benjamin Fans Millions of Dollars In Massive Blow to Tech Censorshi

konane — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 17:18:26 GMT

Judge Orders Patreon to Pay Owen Benjamin Fans Millions of Dollars In Massive Blow to Tech Censorship

.......Cernovich and other lawyers are estimating that silencing Benjamin could cost Patreon up to $20 million dollars in legal fees this year. If other victims of Patreon censorship, like Carl Benjamin ( Sargon of Akkad ), were to pursue arbitration, they could bankrupt the company.

Various payment processors like Paypal also have arbitration clauses in their terms of service. The Paypal monopoly is one of the most aggressive political censors on the internet, as reporting by National Justice has shown.

Victims of suppression should flood the California courts with lawsuits and arbitration requests as soon as possible, as it is likely the tech companies will try to get politicians to change the law sooner or later......

https://www.unz.com/estriker/judge-orders-patreon-to-pay-owen-benjamin-fans-millions-of-dollars-in-massive-blow-to-tech-censorship/

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