Ohio Mom Shaina Bell’s Arrest for Working Without Childcare Leads to Viral Outcry, a Popular GoFundMe A suspended GoFundMe campaign was not authorized by Bell; she validated a separate active campaign as legitimate.
‘BLM Destroys Hispanic Child’s Birthday Party’ A viral video of an altercation at a Houston party has been widely and inaccurately blamed on the Black Lives Matter movement -- and a resulting GoFundMe raised several times its goal.
The Viral Death of Kat Restin Segments of Twitter are alight with rumors surrounding the April 2020 death of Virginia teenager Kat Restin and the alleged circumstances regarding her demise. An obituary for Restin, 19, was published on April 23 2020. Restin’s Obituary In that obituary, Restin’s name is given as “Katelynn Anne ‘Kat’ Restin,” and no specific cause of death […]
Did Yelp and GoFundMe Create COVID-19 Fundraisers for Restaurants Without Telling Them? The two tech companies' attempt to generate donations without first seeking permission drew criticism online.
Avoid #GivingTuesday Scams "Giving Tuesday" follows "Cyber Monday," but some companies are just lining their pockets; here are the facts.
Bride Steals $30k in Wedding Donations Then Asks for More? A juicy post to Reddit is either "family drama gold" or an elaborately detailed hoax showcasing the pitfalls of online fundraising and wedding culture.
Is Nathan Phillips Lying About His Military Service in Order to Raise Money? In the wake of the days-long Covington Catholic controversy, rumors spread about its central figures, Native American rights activist Nathan Phillips of the Omaha Nation and student Nick Sandmann. As the story continued to unfold, pushed along by a toxic social media brew of rumors, backtracking, and the usual swarms of bots and paid trolls, claims appeared about Phillips […]
Did a Twitter User Claim a Border Wall GoFundMe Campaign Got ‘Almost Halfway’ to a Billion Dollars? In late December 2018, a screenshot of a tweet attributed to a Twitter user who goes by “@MAGA_diane” began circulating on social media: The tweet appeared with a link to a GoFundMe campaign to fund a border wall between the United States and Mexico (created and pushed by Brian Kolfage, who has a history of […]
