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After GoFundMe pulled the plug on the initial campaign, the convoyists switched to GiveSendGo to fundraise for the main Freedom Convoy campaign, and for an Adopt-a-trucker fundraiser. Because it was a funding source, it was a target of a court order to freeze access to millions of dollars donated to the platform. [https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-court-freezes-access-to-donations-for-truckers-protest-from-givesendgo-1.5776665] | After GoFundMe pulled the plug on the initial campaign, the convoyists switched to GiveSendGo to fundraise for the main Freedom Convoy campaign, and for an Adopt-a-trucker fundraiser. Because it was a funding source, it was a target of a court order to freeze access to millions of dollars donated to the platform. [https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-court-freezes-access-to-donations-for-truckers-protest-from-givesendgo-1.5776665] | ||
The website's Twitter account incorrectly stated that Canada has no jurisdiction, ignoring that it is a campaign that targets an organization in Canada, that the payment processor would need to operate in Canada in order to provide funds, and that a bank that would receive the funds would also have to comply with the freeze. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220301134858/https://twitter.com/givesendgo/status/1491940399505682434] | The website's Twitter account incorrectly stated that Canada has no jurisdiction, ignoring that it is a campaign that targets an organization in Canada, that the payment processor would need to operate in Canada in order to provide funds, and that a bank that would receive the funds would also have to comply with the freeze. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220301134858/https://twitter.com/givesendgo/status/1491940399505682434] After a month, the crowdfunding website started refunding convoy donations in response to the freezing order. [https://globalnews.ca/news/8671685/give-send-go-donation-refunds/] | ||
The website was subject to a data breach, leaking the names of various donors.[https://nationalpost.com/news/civil-servants-nasa-employees-and-an-american-billionaire-among-donors-leaked-in-givesendgo-hack] The list was used to identify various people in government, causing an investigation into their activities related to the convoy. | The website was subject to a data breach, leaking the names of various donors.[https://nationalpost.com/news/civil-servants-nasa-employees-and-an-american-billionaire-among-donors-leaked-in-givesendgo-hack] The list was used to identify various people in government, causing an investigation into their activities related to the convoy. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:03, 28 April 2022
GiveSendGo is an crowdsourcing fundraising website, made in response to GoFundMe removing controversial campaigns. Although it has a Christian mission statement, it was used to fund far-right groups[1] and extremists[2].
After GoFundMe pulled the plug on the initial campaign, the convoyists switched to GiveSendGo to fundraise for the main Freedom Convoy campaign, and for an Adopt-a-trucker fundraiser. Because it was a funding source, it was a target of a court order to freeze access to millions of dollars donated to the platform. [3]
The website's Twitter account incorrectly stated that Canada has no jurisdiction, ignoring that it is a campaign that targets an organization in Canada, that the payment processor would need to operate in Canada in order to provide funds, and that a bank that would receive the funds would also have to comply with the freeze. [4] After a month, the crowdfunding website started refunding convoy donations in response to the freezing order. [5]
The website was subject to a data breach, leaking the names of various donors.[6] The list was used to identify various people in government, causing an investigation into their activities related to the convoy.