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[00:00:00] Mintress news is being financially [00:00:02] censored. Indiegogo has canled our [00:00:04] fundraising campaign and is refusing to [00:00:06] release over $51,000 [00:00:09] that you, our readers, donated to us to [00:00:12] keep Mit Press News alive. They claim [00:00:14] our project did not meet their [00:00:16] guidelines. But why did they only tell [00:00:18] us this nearly 3 months after the [00:00:21] campaign ended after I had [00:00:23] [clears throat] been repeatedly trying [00:00:24] to access our payout since October? And [00:00:28] on top of this, we've used Indiegogo for [00:00:30] nearly a decade for other projects [00:00:32] because we thought it was an independent [00:00:34] crowdfunding platform. At least that's [00:00:36] what they've promoted themselves to be. [00:00:38] Indiegogo says donations will be [00:00:40] refunded, but the damage is already [00:00:43] done. And this isn't an isolated [00:00:45] incident. [music] Mintress News has also [00:00:47] been banned from GoFundMe and PayPal, [00:00:50] not for misinformation, but for [00:00:52] journalism that challenges powerful war [00:00:55] and security interests. Based on leaked [00:00:57] emails, we believe these bans may be [00:01:00] connected to pressure by pro-Zionist [00:01:02] actors and British intelligence related [00:01:05] to our reporting. This raises serious [00:01:08] concerns and questions about government [00:01:10] influence over financial platforms. [00:01:14] We've seen this before. When Wikileaks [00:01:16] exposed US war crimes, it wasn't just [00:01:19] shut down in court. Instead, it was [00:01:21] financially censored [music] first. cut [00:01:23] off from Visa, from Mastercard, from [00:01:26] PayPal and other [music] banks. That [00:01:28] became the blueprint for how dissenting [00:01:31] journalism is silenced today. This is [00:01:33] what modern censorship looks like. [00:01:36] Financial choke holds designed to [00:01:38] quietly starve independent journalism [00:01:41] that holds power accountable. And that's [00:01:43] exactly what Mitress News has been doing [00:01:45] for 14 years. And in the last year [00:01:47] alone, Mint Press News has exposed [00:01:49] Israeli military intelligence veterans [00:01:52] from unit 8200 embedded within big tech [00:01:55] and media institutions, showing how [00:01:57] surveillance, war, and censorship are [00:02:00] deeply interconnected. And as for [00:02:02] myself, I'm a Palestinian American [00:02:04] journalist who survived Israeli [00:02:06] occupation. And I founded Midress News [00:02:09] 14 years ago to expose the architects of [00:02:12] war and the very systems that sustain [00:02:14] them. We work with some of the most [00:02:16] important and most respected independent [00:02:18] journalists in the world including Loki, [00:02:21] Alan Mloud, Greg Stoker, Robert and [00:02:24] Lakesesh, David Miller, and so many [00:02:26] others. Mintfress News will not back [00:02:29] down. But I need to be honest with you, [00:02:31] we are still at risk of shutting down. [00:02:34] We are 100% reader supported and that [00:02:37] support is under attack. If you believe [00:02:40] in press freedom and our first [00:02:42] amendment, please support us directly [00:02:44] through our website. Share this video [00:02:46] and help us expose the financial [00:02:48] censorship. Stand with us today because [00:02:51] we need your support now more than ever.