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Public Safety committee Thank you for that question. If you don't mind, I'll provide the answer to this. Mr. Chair, we would say in response that when the fundraiser was created on January 14, it complied with our terms of service. There was nothing in the diligence we did on the campaign organizer tha
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee Mr. Chair, we did diligence on the campaign organizer when the campaign started. Our discussions with her at that time were constructive. As the situation changed, we reached out and received credible, consistent information from members of law enforcement and members of the mayo
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee If at the time of setting up the campaign, it had anything to do with the promotion of hate, violence, discrimination, harassment, etc., it would have been a violation of our terms of service and we would not have allowed it to continue.
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee I would say that we're proud of how we handled this campaign. We believe all the actions we took were responsible and timely, and we made informed decisions, removing the campaign when it violated our terms of service.
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee In response, I would say that GoFundMe has a very simple mission of helping people to help each other. We are proud of the fact that people come together on our platform to do good for one another, to help people meet their needs and realize their dreams. The platform helps peopl
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee We take our responsibility as an open platform very seriously. In this particular case, there was a lot of money raised and we were concerned about her ability to distribute to the number of individuals involved and then to identify registered charities that would be verified by
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee GoFundMe was not aware of this memorandum of understanding. We are an open non-partisan platform. All the campaigns on our platform must comply with our very clear terms of service. This campaign, when it was created, and our original diligence with the organizer, didn't reveal t
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee Mr. Chair, in response to that, what I would say is that when this campaign was created, it complied with our terms of service. Our original diligence and our initial discussions with the organizer did not reveal any issues. We had constructive dialogue over how the funds were go
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee Mr. Chair, what I would say in response to that is that I, myself, did not have any direct discussions with members of law enforcement. A number of individuals on our team did engage with them, and we all discussed the information being received. It was stating that there were ac
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee What I would say, Mr. Chair, is that in GoFundMe's view, on February 4 this became a violation of our terms of service, this campaign, and we removed it from our platform.
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee Our review of the fundraiser did not suggest that it was in violation of any local law. We looked at the campaign content to look at how the funds were going to be used. At that time, it passed all of our checks, and our discussions with the organizer also supported that it was g
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee What I would say in response to that is we would welcome the opportunity to work with the government to figure out the exact issues and concerns and how we can help address them, while still supporting the beautiful world that occurs on GoFundMe every minute of every day, with pe
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee Mr. Chair, in response, what we would say is that they were Mayor Watson and interim Police Chief Bell.
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Public Safety committee Mr. Chair, in response, what I would say is that I was not specifically part of the conversations with local law enforcement. I did speak to the mayor myself. We did hear reports of harassment, violence and damage occurring. Based on this credible information, we made informed de
March 3rd, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford
Finance committee Thank you, Juan. Thank you for the question. The largest donation in this campaign was from a Canadian, and it was in the amount of $30,000. I don't have the—
March 17th, 2022Committee meeting
Kim Wilford