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and then some will create a new policy and then implement it.

Q But you believe there may have been emails from the platforms to you explaining the why of why you were deplatformed?

A Some of them.

Q Okay.

A Like, I know, for example, I believe that YouTube did. You know, what you'll do is you'll get—I went from zero strikes to three strikes in an hour, and it was a retroactive way of punishing me and having plausible deniability.

Q Were you fundraising on YouTube, or was that just—

A No.

Q —content?

A No. I lost it because I'm—I'm me.

Q No. I'm sorry. What I mean is if you were deplatformed from content, from posting—I'm asking about, like, the fundraising deplatform. So were you fundraising on YouTube, or that was just you couldn't post videos?

A Yeah, I believe I couldn't post videos—

Q Okay.

A —or something like that.

Q Did you ever have any conversations verbally—I—not emails, with any of the payment processors as to why you were deplatformed?

A I don't remember.

Q Okay. Do you remember using the fundraising site GiveSendGo after January 6th?

A Yes.

Q And why did you start fundraising with them?