Left-wing activists have forced Mastercard to hold a shareholder vote on the creation of a “human rights committee” that would monitor payments to the “far right,” with a view to cut off disfavored individuals and political groups from receiving money from supporters.
Bestselling author Dr. Jordan Peterson and Rubin Report host Dave Rubin have left Patreon in protest of the funding platform’s censorship, losing up to $100,000 dollars of monthly income between the two of them in the process.
It is the most totalitarian form of blacklisting: not just to be prevented from speaking on a university campus, or to be kicked off social media, but to be shut out of the entire financial system. That is the terrifying new threat to freedom that western societies must now contend with.
Dr. Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin are set to leave crowdfunding platform Patreon on January 15 in protest over the company’s censorship of political commentators, including Carl Benjamin, known online as Sargon of Akkad.
Creators on crowdfunding site Patreon are reporting heavy losses in financial backers as users are fleeing the platform in protest over its censorship of political commentators, including Sargon of Akkad.
Jordan Peterson told Breitbart News that social media censorship is a problematic “can of worms” without a “straightforward” solution.
Political firebrand and talk show host Dave Rubin told Breitbart News in an interview on Wednesday that he, like many Americans, feels out of place in the Democratic Party because the Left in America exerts prejudice by focusing on collectivism rather than individualism.
Funded by Patreon, the Red Guards of Austin call for armed violence within the U.S.
Popular author Sam Harris has closed his Patreon account in protest over the company’s recent censorship of political commentators.
Patreon has a habit of banning right-wingers for minor reasons, but gives a pass to the violent far-left.
Matt Christman, one-fifth of the popular far-left podcast Chapo Trap House, launched into an apparent drunken rant as midterm election results rolled in Tuesday night and was ultimately booted from the live stream after blurting out a call for violence.
The far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and progressive nonprofit “Color of Change,” which was co-founded by CNN’s Van Jones, reportedly played a role in Mastercard’s financial blacklisting of Islam critic and Jihad Watch owner Robert Spencer.
Mastercard has reportedly forced Patreon to shut down the account of conservative author and “Jihad Watch” owner Robert Spencer.
Patreon bans right-wingers for minor reasons while allowing the left to openly support violence.
The left want to ban the right from making money online, and payment processors like Stripe are doing their bidding.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says payment processors shouldn’t decide what speech is allowed to thrive online.
Several creators on membership platform Patreon have criticized the company’s new fee structure after it reportedly caused patrons to leave in protest.
YouTube is reportedly blocking content creators from linking their Patreon accounts at the end of videos unless they’re monetized through the platform’s Partner Program.
Patreon has banned the account of popular left-wing activist “Yes, You’re Racist” after it made errors while publicly exposing alleged attendees of the Charlottesville neo-Nazi march.
Linda Sarsour/Sally Kohn/Graham Linehan/Caroline Criado Perez/Gary Lineker/Diane Abbot/someone from the Guardian/a guy from CNN/ISIS has said something really hateful, stupid and wrong on Twitter. Again.
Crowdfunding site Patreon yesterday announced that a hacker had gained unauthorised access to its user database, as well as email addresses, posts, registered names, and some billing and shipping addresses. In a post on the site, Patreon CEO Jack Conte
