Thank you for the question.
You referred to the data leaks. However, we certainly don't use that data. We haven't received a list of people who donated to the cause. Unfortunately, crowdfunding platforms are available to everyone, so anyone in the world can access them.
We've had discussions with Stripe. Certainly individuals from around the world donated money to support the cause before it was declared illegal. People all over the world are unhappy and fed up with COVID‑19. I think that some people thought at first that this was a protest against COVID‑19 and just wanted to support the cause by giving small amounts of money. It was their own money. This wasn't money laundering. I don't believe that they thought that they were funding terrorist activity.
Normally, we wouldn't have seen any of this. Crowdfunding platforms won't release the names of all donors to us. This falls outside the scope of the legislation governing us, unless it relates to money laundering or terrorist financing.
