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Comedian Jack Dee has closed his PayPal account after it cancelled the accounts of the Free Speech Union and a parents group which fought to keep schools open during . 

The stand-up comedian, 60, accused the Californian company of bullying customers after it also shut the account of UsForThem - which campaigned to keep schools open during Covid. 

He took to to announce: 'I'm in the process of cancelling my PayPal account.

Big Tech companies that feel they can bully people for questioning mainstream groupthink don't deserve anyone's business.' 

And he was joined by former professional footballer Matt Le Tissier who wrote: 'That's my PayPal account closed along with my wife's.
Good riddance to tin pot dictators.' 

Arabella Skinner (pictured), director of UsForThem, a group which campaigned to keep schools open during lockdown, told MailOnline of the group's 'shock' when they were told that their account would be closed by PayPal

Jack Dee (pictured) 60, accused the Californian company of bullying customers after it also shut the account of UsForThem - which campaigned to keep schools open during Covid

He took to Twitter to announce: 'I'm in the process of cancelling my PayPal account.

Big Tech companies that feel they can bully people for questioning mainstream groupthink don't deserve anyone's business'

UsForThem was 'shocked' to discover that it could not access thousands of pounds of donated money after PayPal suspended its account 'in accordance with' the company's user agreement.

Just last week, PayPal, co-founded by , had controversially shut the accounts of Toby Young's Free Speech Union as well as his news website, the Daily Sceptic.

Musk, who made around $175.8million after PayPal was sold to , has since been trying to Buy Verified PayPal Account - VCC-Hof.Com social media giant as he looks to promote 'free speech'.

But in the latest backlash that PayPal has faced, MPs have hit back insisting that financial technology firms should not lock people out of accounts based on 'perfectly legal political views'.

At Business Questions, Conservative MP for Devizes Danny Kruger asked: 'Does she share my deep concern about the decision of PayPal, the online payments company, to cancel the accounts of certain organisations including Us for Them, who campaigned against the Covid lockdowns, and perhaps most ironically the Free Speech Union, who appear to have been targeted because of their views on sex and gender.

Elon Musk (pictured), who made millions from the sale of PayPal to eBay, has since been trying to purchase Twitter in a bid to promote 'free speech'

Mr Kruger added that as society is moving towards a cashless economy, financial technology firms will form part of the 'essential infrastructure of ordinary life.'

He added: 'Will the Government take steps to ensure they cannot discriminate against individuals or organisations on the basis of perfectly legal political views?'

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt replied: 'He may have further information than I do about why PayPal have cancelled the account and that facility from the organisations that he mentions, but from what I understand the Free Speech Union and other organisations are also still in the dark about exactly why they have had those services removed from them despite making great efforts to find out.'

Ms Mordaunt described the unexplained withdrawal of services by companies as a 'common theme amongst our casework' for many MPs.

Arabella Skinner, director of UsForThem told MailOnline the group was 'really shocked to receive the email from Paypal'.

'And given that it has taken the same penal action against a number of prominent non-profit advocacy, campaigning and journalistic groups in the UK it gives the distinct impression that this was a politically motivated coup against campaigning groups who had taken a particular view on controversial topics,' she said.

Co-founder of Us For Them Molly Kingsley (pictured) said the group who campaigned for schools to stay open during Covid were 'taken aback' by PayPal's decision to cancel their account which had donations in it 

'Reasoned, two-sided debate is essential to a functioning democracy, and there should be no room for censorship by way of denial of services.'

But Ms Skinner revealed the group were 'heartened' to see MPs speaking up about the issue.

'We are, however, heartened to see MPs rallying to the cause, and we hope that this brings to the fore the question of whether there is an urgent need to bring in heightened safeguards to protect against economic sanctions against companies operating perfectly lawfully,' she added.

Meanwhile Molly Kingsley, co-founder of UsForThem, has responded to the closure of their account, saying the group - who are campaigning for children to be be placed front and centre in all decisions impacting them  - were 'taken aback' by PayPal's latest move.