Gofundme freezes Grayzone fundraiser 'due to some external concerns' - The Grayzone
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Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone “due to some external concerns.” The company’s actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments. Here is what you can do to support The Grayzone: if you have already donated, demand a refund from Gofundme here. Then contribute to us at our new, trustworthy crowdfunder here. Further instructions are below. The Silicon Valley-based crowdfunding site Gofundme has informed The Grayzone that it has frozen all […]

  • The Grayzone raises over $90,000 for 3 independent journalists.

  • Gofundme freezes the funds.

  • British Counter-Terror Police detains journalist Kit Klarenberg and interrogates him for 5 hours about his political views and reporting.

The West sure loves its press freedom™ huh?

Edit: Thanks for the valuable discussion, I didn’t plan to donate anything cuz I also have my reservations towards the Grayzone. But you guys really showed me that I should probably do it anyway 😅

Here is the link if you want to donate too.

Gz

  • RoadArchie@lemmy.mlEnglish
    187·
    1 year ago

    They’re pushing some crazy conspiracy theories.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone

    I hope they crash and burn… Far left! Pah, these people are nothing but far from sane.

    EDIT: Lol at all the russian disinformants in the replies. Wikipedia literally references tens of articles that were conspiracy theories. “without evidence” only works if you’re blind. Also weird that the website only lists anti-ukrainian articles…

      • CookieJarObserver
        2·
        1 year ago

        Oh it is because anti usa is good, there are enough leftists thinking they are the good guys and same shit with China.

        • Lmaydev@programming.dev
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’ve got no problem with anti US, they’ve got some of the most backwards systems in the world.

          But pro Russia seems insane for the left.

          • CookieJarObserver
            21·
            1 year ago

            I think both is idiotic, one a lot more than the other of course.

            While usa has some backwards stuff its still more democratic than a lot of other countries and it benefits my country to have them as allies and friends.

    • ikilledtheradiostar [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish
      112·
      1 year ago

      That wiki page is hilarious. The cite for the claim greyzone is misinformation is a paper that offhandedly and without evidence says that grey zone is misleading people.

      Actually most of the cites are "people are saying’ levels of evidence. Wikipedia is a joke.

      If you wanted to claim that greyzone was " sympathetic to authoritarian régimes" or “denied genocide” then you could just link directly to the greyzone to show what they’re doing, but instead they wiki authors have decided to cite articles the obliquely mention these claims. Its the equivalent of writing a ransom note with magazine clippings but with citations.

      I suspect they avoid linking directly because GZ articles are usually well sourced and have nuances that don’t support the wiki author’s bs.

      • robinn2 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        I suspect they avoid linking directly because GZ articles are usually well sourced and have nuances that don’t support the wiki author’s bs.

        This is exactly it, but not directly. Grayzone is forbidden from being used as a source on Wikipedia for this reason.

      • RoadArchie@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Its weird that youd lie considering their front page is full of charged wording and conspiracy level articles. Not to mention wikipedia CITES everything. “No evidence” only works if you’re blind. I suppose you’re one of the authors lol.

    • Skipcast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      I don’t see how the things reported on that page could be considered “left”