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03-24-2008, 11:00 AM
Nudist group stripped of service claims PayPal exposes ignorance
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Nudist group stripped of service claims PayPal exposes ignorance
4 hours ago
VANCOUVER — The Federation of Canadian Naturists believes it is the victim of naked aggression.
The federation, which publishes the magazine Going Natural, says that PayPal has abruptly cancelled service after four years of processing subscription payments for the magazine.
The group says it has received e-mails from PayPal claiming the magazine is pornographic, and sells "sexually oriented goods or services involving minors" or "services for which the purpose is to facilitate meetings for sexually oriented activities."
Judy Williams, government affairs director for the federation, says the decision is "born of ignorance" because Going Natural is devoted to naturism, or nudism.
Williams says naturism is a social movement over a hundred years old and unrelated to sexual activity.
"PayPal's decision about Going Natural and its claims about the FCN are unfounded embellishments born of ignorance," Williams said in a news release issued Monday.
She says PayPal has a near monopoly on the global online payment market and is duty bound to be objective in its service.
"PayPal also has a responsibility to avoid making arbitrary and narrow judgements, as well as issuing wildly untrue and offensive statements about clients," she says.
Williams says the federation is mulling a class action lawsuit.
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Nudist group stripped of service claims PayPal exposes ignorance
4 hours ago
VANCOUVER — The Federation of Canadian Naturists believes it is the victim of naked aggression.
The federation, which publishes the magazine Going Natural, says that PayPal has abruptly cancelled service after four years of processing subscription payments for the magazine.
The group says it has received e-mails from PayPal claiming the magazine is pornographic, and sells "sexually oriented goods or services involving minors" or "services for which the purpose is to facilitate meetings for sexually oriented activities."
Judy Williams, government affairs director for the federation, says the decision is "born of ignorance" because Going Natural is devoted to naturism, or nudism.
Williams says naturism is a social movement over a hundred years old and unrelated to sexual activity.
"PayPal's decision about Going Natural and its claims about the FCN are unfounded embellishments born of ignorance," Williams said in a news release issued Monday.
She says PayPal has a near monopoly on the global online payment market and is duty bound to be objective in its service.
"PayPal also has a responsibility to avoid making arbitrary and narrow judgements, as well as issuing wildly untrue and offensive statements about clients," she says.
Williams says the federation is mulling a class action lawsuit.