Cancel culture pressure ramps up on tech platforms Spotify, Airbnb, and GoFundMe

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Large tech platforms such as Spotify, Airbnb, and GoFundMe have ratcheted up bans and censorship of users and organizations due to intense pressure placed on them by cancel culture, conservatives say.

Spotify recently came under fire for secretly removing over 100 episodes of Joe Rogan’s podcast, while Airbnb last week banned conservative author and activist Michelle Malkin for speaking at a white nationalist conference. GoFundMe is currently facing backlash over its decision to block contributions to the Freedom Convoy — Canadian truckers who are protesting the country’s coronavirus restrictions.

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