PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing the word “tardigrade”

Post by WesolyKubeczek » Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 12:01 PM UTC

hakfoo wrote: post #172

_Microft wrote: post #7

Per [0], a possible answer to this seems to be that an arms dealer had connections to a company called Tardigrade Ltd. and all transactions with firms like these are prohibited which is why the word "Tardigrade" made it into PayPal's filter. As long as companies like PayPal have issues like that, or with moderation in case of Youtube, Twitter or Facebook, I'd claim neither of these companies have actually solved scal…

I feel like I'm missing some obvious link here. If changing the name on a legitimate transaction is enough to let it go through, what stops actual Evil Terrorists (tm) from just telling their financiers that their name has changed every three months to stay ahead of specific filters? If I had infinite resources, IMO, the way to go with this sort of thing is to have no blocked transactions or obvious failures, and onl…

Post by myrandomcomment » Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

motohagiography wrote: post #179

myrandomcomment wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When Castro took over the owners of the brands fled and took the rights to the brands with them. At the same time the Cuban government kept making the cigars under the same name. So for every major brand you will find 2 in the world, one Cuban, one not.

And the non-Cuban ones are laughably awful. The unexpected benefit of the embargo is it forced them to maintain a super premium product. They've had some anecdotal quality issues since Castro died, but being shielded from US markets and globalization made for better products in that case.

Post by athms » Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 7:14 PM UTC

baybal2 wrote: post #189

_Microft wrote: post #7

Per [0], a possible answer to this seems to be that an arms dealer had connections to a company called Tardigrade Ltd. and all transactions with firms like these are prohibited which is why the word "Tardigrade" made it into PayPal's filter. As long as companies like PayPal have issues like that, or with moderation in case of Youtube, Twitter or Facebook, I'd claim neither of these companies have actually solved scal…

From a 2019 Worldcheck copy, and OFAC SDN https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.txt > TARDIGRADE LIMITED, Dimitriados 1, Limassol 4004, Cyprus; Registration Number C378737 (Cyprus) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: TESIC, Slobodan). > TESIC, Slobodan (a.k.a. SLOBODAN, Tezic), Serbia; DOB 21 Dec 1958; POB Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina; nationality Serbia; citizen Serbia; Gender Male; Passport 009511357 (Serbia) expire…

Post by disgruntledphd2 » Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 9:20 PM UTC

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #135

GDPR has a separate, less-known article that bans fully automated decision making without an appeals process: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/ It's unlikely you'll be able to get Paypal to actually comply with it, but going through a path that will hit someone familiar with GDPR and mentioning this article, and escalating via the DPA, is probably the most promising option Obviously doesn't help if you need something…

Post by URSpider94 » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 1:25 AM UTC

athms wrote: post #190

URSpider94 wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PayPal can pretty much always refuse to process any given transaction. They are not keeping anyone’s money, they are just refusing to accept a transaction request. There’s no money to “pay out.”

>They are not keeping anyone’s money, they are just refusing to accept a transaction request. Wrong. Assets under U.S. jurisdiction that are owned by or being transferred to persons or organizations on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List must be frozen. Furthermore, the Department of Treasury has a right to seize these funds without due process.