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GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaccine Campaigns (slashgear.com)
An anonymous reader quotes SlashGear:
Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has banned campaigns that seek funds for spreading misinformation related to vaccines, the company has revealed. The platform has been used in the past by anti-vaxxers as part of their mission to promote conspiracy theories related to supposed health issues caused by vaccinations. Current campaigns in violation of this new rule will be removed.
GoFundMe has previously faced controversy for allowing anti-vax campaigns on the platform, including late last year when a mother sought funds for a custody battle allegedly intending to, in part, prevent her kids from being vaccinated. An increasing number of tech companies have cracked down on anti-vaccination content, including Facebook and Pinterest, and now GoFundMe is among them.
GoFundMe has previously faced controversy for allowing anti-vax campaigns on the platform, including late last year when a mother sought funds for a custody battle allegedly intending to, in part, prevent her kids from being vaccinated. An increasing number of tech companies have cracked down on anti-vaccination content, including Facebook and Pinterest, and now GoFundMe is among them.
Vaccine-choice advocates literally, objectively _are_ being oppressed. They have been ejected from public "social media" services on the basis of their political views. They have been excluded from conducting lawful online commerce and lawful online charity fundraising, using services open to the general public, solely on the basis of their political views. Forced-vax nazis acknowledge this with gleeful delight.
In California political views are considered a protected class. It is illegal under state law to discriminate on the basis of political views against a person or group in providing them services, access, or employment. By the grace of God I am not a lawyer - but gee-whiz it sure does look like these these California-domiciled companies are brazenly defying both the letter and the spirit of the law.
Initially when this forced vaccination craze started, I was pretty trusting of vaccines, but nevertheless supported the vaccine-choice advocates' right to free speech. But watching the coordinated, ruthless information suppression campaign being waged by the forced-vax nazis has changed my mind.
If vaccines were really as safe, efficacious, and all around wonderful as the nazis claim - there would be no need to silence minority viewpoints and to unperson dissidents. Sure, maaaaaybe they are just using the iron boot because they are nazis, and that's what nazis like to do. Or maybe they _do_ have something to hide.