WASHINGTON – PayPal recently updated its policies, resulting in added protection against unfairly debanking customers based on their religious and political viewpoints or affiliations. The move comes after Alliance Defending Freedom submitted a comment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in July warning that PayPal’s policies allowed it to deplatform users for “hate,” “intolerance,” and “misleading information,” among other subjective criteria that could constitute “politicized or unlawful debanking” under Executive Order 14331.

ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp:  “The people of Nebraska, Arizona, Colorado, and Washington state took a stand for biological reality and made their voices clear: Girls deserve to compete on a safe and fair playing field. When we reject truth, the harm is real, widespread, and devastating. Far too many girls have been forced to compete against male athletes, losing athletic opportunities and medals as a result....”

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys will be available for media interviews following a hearing Wednesday in federal district court in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. James.