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PayPal freezes News Media Canada's account over story about Syrian family in Flin Flon
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/paypal-freezes-news-media-canada-s-account-over-story-about-syrian-family-in-flin-flon-1.3280118Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press, CTV News - Winnipeg
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TORONTO -- A community newspaper's payment to enter a feel-good story about a family of Syrian refugees in an awards competition prompted PayPal to freeze the account of a national media organization as a suspicious transaction, The Canadian Press has learned.
The action by the U.S.-based Internet giant has sparked dismay, anxiety and raised questions about Canadian autonomy.
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The PayPal note also said the company wants to be sure that people using the global payment service comply with regulations, including those from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which, among other things, enforces sanctions targeting foreign countries and regimes, terrorists and international narcotics traffickers.
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"Since when did the U.S. government start regulating Canadian media?" Hinds said. "It's pretty clear that our account is a newspaper account. It's not like we're Hamas Inc."
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