The former wholly owned subsidiary of eBay became an independent company again in 2015. Like way too many other large tech enterprises, PayPal's management ultimately swerved into speech regulating territory, banning in 2018 radio host Alex Jones, along with Jones's website. Three years later PayPal announced a plan to collaborate with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), as well as other nonprofits, to scrutinize users' transactions for purported investigative purposes relating to extremism groups. The results were intended to be shared with law enforcement and other entities. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt indicated that a better understanding of how extremist groups use PayPal could potentially "help disrupt those activities." In September of 2022, PayPal closed the accounts of a British social commentator and two related groups, the Free Speech Union and The Daily Sceptic website.