I read it to say "we received this report from a senator with a list of company names, and found MEGA, a company that we do substantial business with is on that

I read it to say "we received this report from a senator with a list of company names, and found MEGA, a company that we do substantial business with is on that report." PayPal is perhaps not obligated to "not do business with" the entities listed on that report, perhaps some day, but they chose to not do business with this one and make a big public stink about it (together with MEGA), and whatever the report of that senator actually says (whoever's payroll he's on?), they chose to make their and MEGA' sides of the fight about this one thing, rather than about piracy or cp or whatever one thing ($$) motivated that actual senator's report. I wouldn't say anything as silly as "I trust paypal", but if we can start having this conversation sooner it will be a step in the right direction, IMHO. Encryption is here to stay! Not sure if this is what you mean by convenient piling on.