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PayPal cuts off Alex Jones' Infowars, joining other tech companies

Most of the firms said the site had violated their policies by promoting hate speech and misinformation

PayPal cuts off Alex Jones' Infowars, joining other tech companies
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Nathaniel Popper | NYT San Francisco
PayPal is the latest tech giant to cut off Infowars, the conspiracy website run by right-wing provocateur Alex Jones.

Infowars was informed by PayPal on Thursday night that it would have 10 business days to find a new payment processor.

PayPal handles all transactions, including credit cards, for the Infowars online store. The store has been a significant source of revenue for the company, selling vitamins and nutritional supplements, as well as Infowars-branded apparel. PayPal has also handled donations that Infowars receives from its supporters.

PayPal acted weeks after Twitter, Facebook and other large tech companies blocked Infowars from their services. Most of

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