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Comment by mc32 | Hacker News Reader

Go fund me deserves all the flak they receive.

Redirecting donations intended for one cause to causes of their choosing is fraudulent.

If they have an issue with a cause, which should be stipulated in their ToCs up front and not subject to inflight changes, then refund all donors to the best of their ability.

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Before GFM decided to directly refund everyone, their plan was to redirect any non-refunded funds to charities of the choosing of the organizers of the GFM. The only way they would go to left-leaning charities would have been if the organizers of the GFM were left-leaning and chose that

The charities were going to be selected by the convoy but "approved" by GFM. Obviously there's no public list of charities GFM has "approved" in the past but it goes without saying that only left-leaning charities make the list.

That is not what is happening though. The article says, all the money is refunded to all the donors.

Only after they faced a heavy backlash:

"...on Friday, saying it violated its terms of service. At the time it said donors would have two weeks to request a refund, with any remaining funds distributed to “credible and established charities.”"

"I'm not shoplifting, I put the things back after you caught me."

They should be prosecuted for conspiring to steal funds and use for non intended purpose. Trying to mascarade it fools no one.

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