Posted on 02/04/2022 6:36:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Despite initially refusing to cave to pressure from Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his allies, GoFundMe announced late Friday evening that it had decided not to disburse any more money to the "Freedom Convoy" and its supporters gathered in Coutts, Alberta and Ottawa. Users will now need to request a refund of their donation, or risk the possibility that the company will instead reroute it to an "approved" charity.
As Rebel News Editor-in-Chief Ezra Levant reported in a tweet, GoFundMe has decided to take - or some might say steal - the roughly CAD$9 million that was supposed to be used to pay for supplies like gas, food and other necessities for the truckers and instead dole that money out to charities of the company's choosing, unless donors fill out a request form.
Why the company has decided on this policy, instead of instating automatic refunds for donors, isn't clear. But as Levant joked, "what a windfall" for Black Lives Matter, Greenpeace and Planned Parenthood."
At the request of Trudeau, @GoFundMe has just stolen $9,000,000 from the truckers. Rather than automatically refunding it to the donors, they say they’re going to give it to groups of their own choosing. What a windfall for Black Lives Matter, Greenpeace and Planned Parenthood!
pic.twitter.com/prEwLnypfe — Ezra Levant 🍁 (@ezralevant) February 4, 2022
GoFundMe claimed that the fundraiser is in violation of "Term 8" of its terms of service clause, and also explained that it often works with local authorities to "make sure we have a detailed understanding...of facts on the ground."
The decision was made in order to ensure GoFundMe "remains a trusted platform".
Others wondered how any of this is legal.
How is this legal? https://t.co/2O3sKAOZmL — Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 5, 2022
The Ottawa police, meanwhile, insist that demonstrators in the city are acting "unlawfully". Several have been arrested (mostly for charges that may seem serious but actually aren't) for making threatening statements on social media and for other issues.
Ottawa Police have also warned that they will be collecting as much digital and financial information as they can from both the truckers and anybody who donates to support them. In a threatening statement, the police implied that supporters of the Freedom Convoy could face prosecution just for donating.
Enhanced intelligence operations and investigations: National, provincial and local intelligence agencies have increased efforts to identify and target protestors who are funding/supporting/enabling unlawful and harmful activity by protestors. /11
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 4, 2022
Investigative evidence-gathering teams are collecting financial, digital, vehicle registration, driver identification, insurance status, and other related evidence that will be used in criminal prosecutions. /12 — Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 4, 2022
At this point, there's really nothing else for users to do but request their refund (so that GoFundMe doesn't simply take their money) and never donate to another fundraiser on the platform again.
Readers can find the link below:
Here is the link for where you can request your full refund from GoFundMehttps://t.co/Cs5qbRIHzz — Cory Morgan (@CoryBMorgan) February 4, 2022
After all, there are plenty other crowdraising platforms out there.
Boycott GoFundMe.
“Boycott GoFundMe.”
and tell everybody fund raising on GoFundMe that it is a hate group.
Gangster Government.
FGoFundMe
Yes. The screwed the wall funding up, truckers..,, the take their orders from the DNC. I will never contribute a penny to then again.
At some point GoFundMe is going to begin becoming known as GoF***Me and all trust just gone. It already should be. There will be a tipping point where people just say screw them, I won’t give my money to them so THEY can decide who gets it. I wish it were this but probably it will have to be something to do with a celebrity that breaks them, being the times we live in.
GoFundMe should be renamed GoF***Me after this. How in the world anyone would ever trust them again is beyond me!
There’s a growing list of companies that freedom supporters should have nothing to do with.
Yet they leave open BLM pages even though it’s a proven scam
https://www.gofundme.com/f/h2tqv-black-lives-matter-los-angeles
Who in the heck didn’t see this coming? How can people be so damn blind?
Sounds like someone could make a good case that this is mail fraud.
People who donated can get their money back but have to request it.
No, confiscating donations in order to serve leftist politicians does not make GoFundMe appear trustworthy. Millions of potential customers will now refuse to use GoFundMe, forever.
Get woke, go broke. Preferably quickly.
I would be so mad if I donated and they didn’t automatically refund my money when they decided to shut down whoever I was donating to.
A complete scam!
Time to boycott GoFundMe.
If you donated money to the truckers do a chargeback on your card to keep GoFundMe from stealing it:
https://twitter.com/crabcrawler1/status/1489754294899384326
They (gofundme) should be prosecuted. Period. Why should donators have to fill out paperwork to get their money back? They know who they are, where they live, their CC numbers, etc. If you don’t like the cause, refund the money jagoffs. I’d like to see the ceo in an orange jumpsuit and leg irons.
I cannot believe that anyone disagreeing with a “democracy” government set up a page with them. It could only go one way.
First, they came for Andrew Anglin, but I was not a Neon Nazi, so I did nothing.
Then, they came for Alex Jones, but I was not a Conspiracy Theorist, so I did nothing.
Then, they came for Gavin McInnes, but I was not a Far Right Insurrectionist, so I did nothing.
Crowder, Etc...
I like the idea that’s being put out there to dispute the charge to your credit card since the funds were not used for the purpose intended.
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