Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. Yes, I do.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening, Chair and members of the committee. It is our pleasure to join with honourable senators and members of Parliament today to discuss these important issues. My name is Kim Wilford, and I'm the general counsel of GoFundMe. At the outset, I woul

Finance committee  I would just say that as the most recognized platform, we're the most responsible one. We operate within the law and, in many cases, above the law. We hope that's one reason among many that we stand out and that people around the world use us to come together and help each other.

Finance committee  Thank you, everyone, and happy birthday!

Finance committee  I wish I were the sort of expert that you may think I am. I am pretty well versed in the regulations in the jurisdictions were we operate and other markets where we decide to go, and where our donors are coming from. What I was trying to say last time is that there are a number

Finance committee  Thank you so much for that question. You know, social fundraising is actually a relatively new phenomenon. GoFundMe was founded in 2010. Our mission is to help people help each other. Right now with the Ukraine crisis, we've raised, just since the invasion, over $50 million fro

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I just want to correct you. We are GoFundMe; we are not GiveSendGo.

Finance committee  That's fine. Mr. Chair, what I would say is no. We operate within all the laws of all the jurisdictions where we are. We would never ignore a court order, so no.

Finance committee  That is correct. The facts and the circumstances of this case were so quickly evolving that once we had that credible, consistent information and we could see that the protest was turning in a way that violated our terms, we removed it from our platform. Certainly if we had some

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, we have hundreds of thousands of campaigns. We are the world's largest and best-known social fundraising platform. All of our campaigns are required to comply with our terms of use, which clearly outline the permitted and prohibited conduct on the platform. When we bec

Finance committee  In fact, we use a number of tools and technology to ensure to the best of our abilities that campaigns on our platform are within acceptable use.

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—

Finance committee  That was the largest donation. Yes.

Finance committee  No. That's correct.

Finance committee  When this fundraiser was created on January 14, it was within our acceptable terms of use. There was nothing in our original diligence around the fundraiser organizer or anything in the campaign content that suggested that it violated our terms. The donation velocity is what caus