Attorney General Ken Paxton joined twenty-seven other attorneys general in a letter to GoFundMe expressing concern over the ambiguity and adequacy of GoFundMe’s terms of service. GoFundMe has claimed the ability to redirect donations made by users for activities or causes with which the company does not agree, but its terms of service are vague with respect to when it may stop, redirect, or reimburse a users’ donations without their express authorization. Before an online […]
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Sen. Cruz Demands Investigation Into GoFundMe for Potential Illegal Practices
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) demanding answers into whether GoFundMe violated federal law after removing the “Freedom Convoy 2022 Fundraiser” from its platform and announcing it would redirect donations to charities approved by GoFundMe if donors failed to request a refund within two weeks. In the letter, the Senator noted that GoFundMe had bent to public pressure […]
Sen. Cruz on Fox News: GoFundMe Is ‘Deceiving Consumers and It Is Wrong.’
Calls for investigation into GoFundMe for deceptive trade practices U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week joined Fox News’ ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the SCOTUS vacancy, GoFundMe’s decision to prevent donations from going to Freedom Convoy 2022—the truck drivers protesting against Canada’s vaccine mandate—and the potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. Highlights of his interview are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Sunday Morning Futures On the SCOTUS vacancy and President Biden’s determination to […]