NEW: The III%ers - the militia group that planned to kidnap @GovWhitmer and overthrow the U.S. government - is raising funds on @Shopify.

Cc: @FBI
This is part of a larger pattern of @Shopify funding extremism & domestic terrorism in the U.S.

The company is still funneling cash to Super Fun Happy America, the white nationalist group behind Boston’s “Straight Pride Parade” even after I flagged it last month.
This group of domestic terrorists raises funds with the help of @AskPayPal @VenmoSupport @Mastercard @Visa @AskAmex @Apple and more.

It’s domestic terrorism in every sense of the word: aided & abetted entirely by American companies.
This is not new information. I joined forces w/ @SumOfUs last summer to put this issue on @Mastercard’s radar. We asked them to create a committee that would work quickly to investigate groups like these.

Their shareholders voted against it.

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24 Oct
This week, @expensify’s CEO emailed the company’s entire user base urging them to vote Biden.

Normally, I love seeing companies take a stand, but I would have ultimately advised against this move. Here’s why I think this email was a step too far:
1. People often sign up w/ their emails to SaaS services to kick the tires and agree to receive occasional marketing emails and company news.

However this time, they received an unsolicited political endorsement in their inbox – not what they signed up for.
2. You never want to tell people what to do.

An affirmation of your own beliefs? Fine. A political endorsement from a company? Toeing the line. Telling people how they should feel and who they should vote for? That is crossing it. Nobody wants to be told what to do.
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14 Oct
Last year, brand safety companies blocked $3 billion from reaching the news media.

Today, I'm live tweeting this brand safety company's summit to so we can look under the hood together 👇🏽
IAS claims that 60% consumers hold brands accountable for the environment in which their ads appear. There's an easy fix to this: block all low quality content. IAS doesn't do this bc they make more $$ by charging you per scan - even on the site they know are shitty.
I have no doubt seeing a brand appear in a "positive/neutral sentiment" environment helps, but what happens when your brand safety technology marks white nationalist websites as "positive/neutral"?
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1 Oct
Hello,

@Shopify is still helping a Straight Rights Activists sell this “Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong” t-shirt.

Where’s your trust & safety team at @BrandonMChu?

Sincerely,
Everyone Image
Here’s VP of Product & Platform @Shopify @BrandonMChu saying Black Lives Matter while helping sell ”Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong” t-shirts ImageImageImage
Here’s Founder of @Shopify @tobi saying Black Lives Matter while helping sell ”Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong” t-shirts ImageImage
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30 Sep
CONFIRMED: @Cloudflare is protecting the Proud Boys’ website.

Let’s talk about CEO @eastdakota, whose MO is being a “free speech absolutist” until he cracks under public pressure — and he always does.
After The Daily Stormer/Andrew Anglin published an article glorifying the death of Heather Heyer, @Google and @GoDaddy dropped his hosting immediately. He then went straight to @Cloudflare, which is a *big defender* of "free speech" no matter what.

So we went after him HARD. ImageImageImage
Someone had just *died* but @Cloudflare stayed silent. Then on August 15th - 3 days after the rally - they released this statement saying they planned to keep serving The Daily Stormer.

I can only imagine the amount of pressure @eastdakota faced over the next 24 hours... Image
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I reported this website for pirating & monetizing content from @HuffingtonPost. This time @tag_today handled it in 3 days. Better! 🙌🏽

This is how adtech companies do brand safety: they hope brands never find out where they were & outsource the work to random internet users. Image
I hope @glossier is getting a refund? Their ads should never have been placed on this fake news site. Image
Here's @Vimeo's ad on another fraudulent site — served by @GoogleAds.

I have flagged this with @tag_today, but their ads will continue to be served on thousands of other fake news indefinitely. Image
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UPDATE: @hootsuite has not pulled out of their ICE contract, according to ICE Image
Ok THAT is a plagiarized website, but you can find the original article by @reporton here: biv.com/article/2020/0…
It says a lot about @hootsuite that I believe ICE over them.
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