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Freelance journalist Lauren Southern, formerly of Canadian media organization The Rebel, has made a reputation for herself online and offline by openly expressing politically incorrect views on social media, as well as in her reporting.
This week, the crowdfunding site Patreon banned Southern’s account over claims her work would get people killed.
Southern is no stranger to controversy, and has been physically attacked in public for making statements like “there are only two genders†and stalked during her coverage of the G20 2017 riots in Hamburg.
Since departing The Rebel in March 2017, the right-wing journalist took to Patreon to crowdfund her work, which has revolved around the rise of anarchist movements in North America and the refugee crisis in Europe.
In the middle of all this, she lost one of her primary avenues for continuing her work.
“Patreon just deleted my account,†Southern announced on Twitter Thursday. The Daily Caller reached out to Southern to discover why the platform terminated her source of income.
“They claimed I’m raising money that will get people killed,†says Southern, who showed TheDC the email Patreon sent her. She added that the company is refusing to even consider an appeal.