That really sounds like a lie, they are probably just responding to the backslash.
Amendments to the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy
Effective November 3, 2022:
Archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220930164438/https://www.paypa...
The PDF in question has since been replaced with a single blank page. You can see both revisions here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/https://www.payp...
paypal decided to come up with this schema, and entire policies written out, produce announcements and such, and we are to accept "well we didnt quite mean to publish this" ?
no, they are hostile actors, and nobody should be doing any business with them.