• [$] GoFundMe to delete unwanted open-source foundation pages

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Sat Oct 25 06:40:07 2025

    Open-source foundations and projects that have charity status in
    the US may want to see if GoFundMe has created a profile
    for them without permission. The company has operated since 2010 as a self-service fundraising platform; individuals or groups could create
    pages to raise money for all manner of causes. In June, the company announced that it would expand its offerings to "manage all aspects of
    charitable giving" for users through its platform. That seems to
    include creating profiles for nonprofit organizations without their involvement. After pushback, the company said
    on October˙23 that it would be removing the pages. It has not
    answered more fundamental questions about how it planned to disburse
    funds to nonprofits that had no awareness of the GoFundMe pages in the
    first place.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1043075/
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