Today, I Officially Served PayPal with a Lawsuit Under the Ku Klux Klan Act
Jennifer L. Ryan v. PayPal, Inc. - Civil Rights Complaint - Federal Court
Today marks a turning point—not just in my story, but in the broader battle for digital civil rights in America.
This morning, I officially served PayPal Holdings, Inc. with a federal lawsuit under the Ku Klux Klan Act: 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. This is not symbolic. This is not exaggerated. This is real, and it is legally and historically grounded.
The Ku Klux Klan Act was passed in 1871 to stop exactly what I allege: state actors conspiring with private entities to suppress political speech, punish dissenters, and destroy reputations. That Act is still on the books—and today, it's working through me.
This case is about more than a banned account. It’s about coordinated financial censorship. It’s about being labeled an "extremist" and defamed across global media. It’s about public-private retaliation that cost me my business, my reputation, my peace of mind, and nearly my freedom.
PayPal didn't just terminate my account. They leaked it to CBS News within minutes. They allowed the narrative that I was dangerous, hateful, or worse—to circulate freely. They let me be framed in the media as a domestic extremist without due process. And they did this in coordination with the federal government, through FinCEN, the DOJ, and other agencies, under the guise of post-J6 counterterrorism.
This lawsuit is not just for me. It’s for every person who’s been silenced, shut out, or publicly destroyed by corporate platforms acting as proxies for the government.
We are in a new era of civil rights suppression. It doesn't come in robes. It comes through banks, tech platforms, and headlines.
This is how the modern-day lynching works: smear first, silence second, destroy third.
But I survived it. And today, I served the truth.
There is no hiding from the record. There is no undoing what was done. But there can be justice. And I intend to see it through—for me, and for everyone who’s been wrongfully erased by this system.
The case is filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division: Ryan v. PayPal Holdings, Inc., Case No. 3:25-cv-01223.
Thank you to everyone who believed in me. The tide is turning.
Stay tuned.