Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he asked his staff to find out if the city could use some of the funds collected in the crowdsourcing campaign to support the “Freedom Convoy” to cover the cost of policing for the protest. “It shouldn’t be up to Ottawa taxpayers to pay for the kind of disruptions we’re…
Ottawa Mayor Suggests Using Convoy’s GoFundMe Money to Pay for Policing
GoFundMe Withholding Over $5 Million Raised by Truckers Protesting Vaccine Mandate: Spokesperson
GoFundMe is withholding millions of dollars raised by a trucker convoy protesting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, due to a lack of transparency as to how the funds will be used, a spokesperson confirmed. The Freedom Convoy 2022, a huge group of truck drivers from across Canada, left Vancouver, northern British Columbia on Sunday where they began the long drive to the…
Is There Anything Young Men Can Do to Protect Themselves From Malicious Accusations?
Commentary What gives a fundraising platform the right to act as our moral guardians determining which victims we are permitted to support? I’ve just been banned from GoFundMe, after starting a fundraiser to support a college tutor fighting an unfair dismissal case against a Melbourne university in Australia. This fundraising platform is full of campaigns to raise…
GoFundMe Removes Fundraiser Aiming to Raise $5 Million for Waukesha Suspect Darrell Brooks
GoFundMe has removed a fundraiser for Darrell Brooks, the alleged driver of an SUV that ran over dozens of people, killing six, during a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last Sunday. Brooks, 39, was initially charged with five counts of intentional homicide and his bail was set at $5 million by Waukesha Court Commissioner Kevin Costello. A GoFundMe was created for…
GoFundMe to Allow Rittenhouse Fundraisers After Acquittal
GoFundMe will allow fundraisers for Kyle Rittenhouse now that he’s been acquitted, the company said Friday. The fundraising platform said it banned Rittenhouse fundraisers before because its terms of service “prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime.” That was the same thing a GoFundMe spokesperson told The Epoch Times last year….
GoFundMe Allows Fundraising Pages for Kyle Rittenhouse Following Acquittal
Following Kyle Rittenhouse’s full acquittal, future fundraising pages seeking to raise money for the teen are allowed once again on the GoFundMe website, the U.S. crowdfunding platform announced on Friday. In a statement issued on Nov. 19, the platform explained that in light of Rittenhouse’s trial, it took down multiple pages that were launched for the…
GoFundMe Takes Down $180,000 Fundraiser for Nurse Seeking to Overturn Vaccine Mandate
GoFundMe has said it took down a campaign worth more than $180,000 that was started by a nurse who sought to overturn a Texas hospital system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The campaign was created by Jennifer Bridges, a former registered nurse at Houston Methodist hospital who was fired along with hundreds of other staff members earlier…
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