PayPal blocks site that helped raise funds for those who witnessed the violence on Capitol Hill
PayPal Holdings Inc said Monday night it shut down a Christian crowdfunding site, GiveSendGo, after helping to raise funds for people who attended last week’s event in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump took over. storming the Capitol.
The digital payments processor also confirmed to Reuters that it had closed an account held by Ali Alexander, one of the organizers of the rally. The news was reported earlier by Bloomberg, who cited an unidentified source.
Online platforms and social media companies are stepping back and taking action against those who encouraged or engaged in last week’s violence on the U.S. Capitol.
Twitter said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday, mostly dedicated to sharing QAnon content after the storming of the Capitol building. QAnon supporters are pushing baseless conspiracies on social media.
A number of major US companies, including AT&T Inc, American Express and Dow Inc, have said they will cut campaign contributions to those who voted to challenge the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, as Republicans in the US Congress face to the growing dismay of American businesses. .
Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, trying to end congressional certification of Biden’s election victory.
Trump, who unsupported the validity of Biden’s election victory, first praised his supporters but then condemned the violence.
Bloomberg reported last week that PayPal had closed an account held by Joy In Liberty, one of the groups that paid for Trump supporters to travel to Washington.
GiveSendGo, which describes itself as “a place to fund hope. A place to work with the body of Christ across the world to make a difference,” said it had moved its payment processing from PayPal and was closing his PayPal account in any case.
We have created and are using alternative payment solutions for our platform, GiveSendGo co-founder and CFO Jacob Wells said in an email.
