The online payment company has disabled the account of CofCC, a rightwing organization cited in a manifesto linked to the South Carolina shooting suspect Dylann Roof and has given to prominent Republican politicians.
Now attempts to donate to the organization end up with a message “this recipient is currently unable to receive money”. Dylann Roof faces charges of murder over the deaths of 9 people, all black, at a Bible study group at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on 17 June. The CofCC claimed they “had no idea” about the status of the organization’s PayPal account.
One of the legal advocacy groups, which has campaigned for PayPal to suspend the CofCC and other organizations described as hate groups, reported PayPal’s apparent action a few days ago. The CofCC is described as “a crudely white supremacist group”, and it is claimed that its website regularly condemns “race-mixing” and disseminates stories of a “victimized” white majority.
PayPal explains that it blocks donations to services violating its “offensive materials policy”. Its rules prohibit making a call to action for violence of any sort, promoting or glorifying hate, violence or racial intolerance or graphically portraying violence or the victims of violence. At the same time, stories published on the CofCC site often include images and feature headlines like “Family attacked in racially motivated lynching” and “Black power militants descend”.
Apparently, the murder of 9 African Americans in Charleston and subsequent media stories about the Council of Conservative Citizens had prompted PayPal’s action, but it is likely that the company would not confirm a suspension due to privacy concerns.
Now attempts to donate to the organization end up with a message “this recipient is currently unable to receive money”. Dylann Roof faces charges of murder over the deaths of 9 people, all black, at a Bible study group at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on 17 June. The CofCC claimed they “had no idea” about the status of the organization’s PayPal account.
One of the legal advocacy groups, which has campaigned for PayPal to suspend the CofCC and other organizations described as hate groups, reported PayPal’s apparent action a few days ago. The CofCC is described as “a crudely white supremacist group”, and it is claimed that its website regularly condemns “race-mixing” and disseminates stories of a “victimized” white majority.
PayPal explains that it blocks donations to services violating its “offensive materials policy”. Its rules prohibit making a call to action for violence of any sort, promoting or glorifying hate, violence or racial intolerance or graphically portraying violence or the victims of violence. At the same time, stories published on the CofCC site often include images and feature headlines like “Family attacked in racially motivated lynching” and “Black power militants descend”.
Apparently, the murder of 9 African Americans in Charleston and subsequent media stories about the Council of Conservative Citizens had prompted PayPal’s action, but it is likely that the company would not confirm a suspension due to privacy concerns.
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