“Our terms of service prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of a violent crime. At this time, the fundraiser has been removed and all donors have been refunded,” GoFundMe said in a statement Thursday.
I don't think this is anything really new -- from what I understand, they normally delete pages put up to benefit those charged with violent crimes -- if anyone knows of an instance where they have been inconsistent about this, i.e. they have allowed a campaign for the 'right' sort of violent criminal defendant, post a comment about it.
There are alternatives; perhaps GiveSendGo would allow the campaign to stay up.
There's a lesson there somewhere about GO-F-Me,isn't there?
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“Our terms of service prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of a violent crime. At this time, the fundraiser has been removed and all donors have been refunded,” GoFundMe said in a statement Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is anything really new -- from what I understand, they normally delete pages put up to benefit those charged with violent crimes -- if anyone knows of an instance where they have been inconsistent about this, i.e. they have allowed a campaign for the 'right' sort of violent criminal defendant, post a comment about it.
There are alternatives; perhaps GiveSendGo would allow the campaign to stay up.
>There's a lesson there somewhere about GO-F-Me,isn't there?
ReplyDeleteYeah: reading their ToS before starting a campaign is a good idea.