{"id":12650,"date":"2023-12-08T01:47:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/top-republicans-raise-concerns-over-eventbrites-policies-as-antisemitic-events-remain-visible\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T01:47:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:47:36","slug":"top-republicans-raise-concerns-over-eventbrites-policies-as-antisemitic-events-remain-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/top-republicans-raise-concerns-over-eventbrites-policies-as-antisemitic-events-remain-visible\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Republicans raise concerns over Eventbrite\u2019s policies as \u2018antisemitic\u2019 events remain visible"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> Top Congressional Republicans are requesting a briefing with Eventbrite\u2019s CEO over their policies and terms, spotlighting the platform\u2019s hypocrisy in hosting organizers\u2019 purported antisemitic events while removing one by girls\u2019 sports advocate Riley Gaines.<\/p>\n

\u2018In the last few weeks, Eventbrite, it seems, has selectively enforced its terms of service by removing some events while allowing potentially violative events to remain on the site,\u2019 the letter reads. \u2018We raise the issues below not to dictate or remove events and users from your marketplace, but to better understand your Community Guidelines enforcement process.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the House Committee on Energy and Senate Committee on Commerce, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chair of the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, Subcommittee on Oversight and Commerce, Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Fla., and Rep. H. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations signed the letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In October, Eventbrite removed former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines\u2019 speaker tour stop at the University of California, Davis, from its marketplace. Gaines has been outspoken about transgender females\u2019 participation in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

An email from Eventbrite Trust & Safety stated that the event violated the company\u2019s \u2018community guidelines and terms of service.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018We struggle to comprehend the rationale for removing this event, while other Eventbrite listings that seemingly violate several of Eventbrite\u2019s Community Guidelines remain live, including some that feature speakers espousing allegiance to entities designated by the U.S. Government as foreign terrorist organizations,\u2019 the senators wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lawmakers highlighted that Eventbrite includes events and speakers with connections to controversial and potentially offensive statements and actions concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These instances involve references to the Israeli massacre on October 7, as Eventbrite promoted a fully booked \u2018Palestine Center 2023 Annual Conference\u2019 in Washington, D.C., where the organizers described Israel as \u2018Israeli apartheid\u2019 within the event\u2019s description on the platform\u2019s \u2018About this event\u2019 section.<\/p>\n

\u2018Because Gaines\u2019s promotion of the widely held view to preserve women\u2019s athletics starkly contrasts with events on Eventbrite featuring speakers sympathetic to genocide, this leads us to wonder if pro-terrorist and antisemitic events and event speakers do not plainly violate Eventbrite\u2019s prohibition of content that would \u2018discriminate against, harass, disparage, threaten, incite violence against, or otherwise target individuals or groups based on their actual or perceived race, ethnicity, religion, national origin,\u2019\u2019 the letter said. \u2018We seek information on what metrics Eventbrite uses to enforce its Community Guidelines on selected issues such as women\u2019s athletics versus terrorism and antisemitism.\u2019<\/p>\n

Senators request information by December 21 from Eventbrite about the company\u2019s review process, the violation of Community Guidelines, the handling of alleged pro-Hamas and antisemitic events, the identification of terrorist organizations, metrics used to enforce guidelines, and the comparison of complaints and review timelines among different events.<\/p>\n

\u2018We appreciate your stated commitment to be \u2018a platform that values diverse opinions and a vibrant community . . .\u2019 but are not confident that you are enforcing this policy with any consistency,\u2019 the letter concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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