GoFundMe admits violence allegation from Mayor was enough to shut down speech
- by: Cindy Harper
- 2022-03-08
- Source:
Reclaim the Net
- 03/09/2022
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GoFundMe said it shut down the Freedom Convoy’s fundraising page because the office of the mayor told executives that the protesters were committing “violent” acts, according to testimony during a House of Commons public safety committee hearing last week.
The admission raises the alarm on the issue of how the mere accusation of violence is enough to get speech shut down.
During the hearing, GoFundMe lawyer Kim Wilford said that the company had “reached out” to Ottawa’s mayor Jim Watson’s office about the Freedom Convoy.
Source:
Reclaim the Net
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