Hatreon was an invite-only crowdfunding website lacking the content policing restrictions of other such websites. It was first soft launched in June 2017 by Cody Wilson, who founded it in response to attempts by Patreon and Kickstarter to crack down on users violating their content policing policies. It went live in August 2017, but without fully launching. It has attracted high-profile alt-right and neo-Nazi figures as its users, including Andrew Anglin and Richard B. Spencer.[1][2] It has been described as "the go-to crowdfunding platform for the "alt-right.""[3]
Since at least early February 2018, the site has been unable to process pledges.[4]
References
edit- ^ Bonazzo, John (2017-08-07). "The Alt-Right Is Now Using 'Hatreon' to Crowdfund Its Projects". Observer. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ^ Rosenberg, Yair (2017-11-14). "The Success of 'Hatreon' Shows Us Why Kicking Bigots Off Social Platforms Doesn't Solve the Problem". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Sam (2017-08-04). "IndieGoGo Is All Good, But Where Do Neo-Nazis Go To Crowdfund?". The Forward. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ^ Michel, Casey (2018-03-13). "White supremacists' favorite fundraising site may be imploding". ThinkProgress.
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