WayOfTheBern

Blackhalo

External concerns? The FBI/CIA/Senate called up and asked? Twitter files writ large. The house should investigate GFM. Kinda smells like Trudeau shutting down the Trucker's donors bank accounts.

tsanazi2

When I worked corporate I would occasionally get a letter from HR stating that "to serve me better" there would be changes to our medical insurance. Universally, that meant the corporation was screwing us or squeezing us on something.

So I had to laugh when GFM's letter included the same corporate-speak popularized in the 1980's: "to ensure your own safety." LOL

tsanazi2

GZ should never have been using GoFundMe in the first place, given GFM's horrible record.

A little disappointing that GiveSendGo isn't the preferred alternative.

SmockSignals

Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone “due to some external concerns.” The company’s actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments. Here is what you can do to support The Grayzone: if you have already donated, demand a refund from Gofundme here. Then contribute to us at our new, trustworthy crowdfunder here. Further instructions are below.

The Silicon Valley-based crowdfunding site Gofundme has informed The Grayzone that it has frozen all money raised in our recent fundraiser “due to some external concerns.” Our initiative was devoted to providing independent journalists Wyatt Reed, Kit Klarenberg, and Alex Rubinstein with long-term positions.

On August 19, when we demanded to know why Gofundme had refused to authorize the transfer of the funds we raised, a member of the site’s Trust and Safety Team identifying themselves simply as “Sabrina” emailed the Grayzone the following statement:

“Our number one goal here is ensuring that the money from GoFundMe fundraisers always gets to the right place, so we really appreciate you helping us to make sure GoFundMe is a safe place to give.