Eventbrite is still profiting from violent white supremacists. On Friday night, white supremacists with the violent hate group Proud Boys brutally beat three people in New York following an event, to which Eventbrite sold tickets. The event was headlined by the Proud Boys' leader, Gavin McInnes and was billed as a reenactment celebration of a Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated the head of a left-wing Japanese party with a sword. Color Of Change flagged this event for Eventbrite asking them not to sell tickets to the event. Eventbrite acknowledged our warning and was aware of the facts yet decided it was appropriate to continue selling tickets to an event that gave the leader of a group known for their white supremacist violence in Charlottesville a platform to speak and was openly billed as a glorification of far-right violence.

Eventbrite should not be profiting from events like this, not if they want to continue to be seen as being a "people-centered company." Eventbrite is not taking responsibility for this violence. They claim that they evaluated mutliple factors when choosing to continue to sponsor the event including that it was held by the Metropolitan Republican Club at a private setting with security in the GOP’s headquarters in New York City. Regardless of the circumstances, no event providing a platform for white supremacists should ever be acceptable under Eventbrite's terms of service. There is no such thing as a safe space to meet for white supremacy and as Friday’s actions show the Proud Boys specifically are intent on waging criminal violence wherever they go.

Last year, after Charlottesville, Eventbrite’s leadership promised to stop enabling white supremacists. The company made this promise because of the clear demands from Color Of Change members and our partners to take action. This latest event is a clear violation of that promise, and we cannot let it slide. We must hold Eventbrite and their leadership accountable to their promise to keep white supremacists off their platform. Join us in demanding Eventbrite stop supporting hate groups!

Here is the Petition:

Eventbrite has a responsibility to ensure its platform is not being used to fund, elevate, or enable hate groups, stir up racial fears, push blatant falsehoods and distortions about Black communities, or foment violence. Eventbrite needs to fulfill the promise you made last year to cut off white supremacists from your platform by prohibiting any current or future events hosted by or in support of hate groups. We call on Eventbrite to issue a public statement clarifying the company’s post-Charlottesville promise and pledging not to allow violent hate groups to use the Eventbrite platform to organize regardless of the type of event or what organization is hosting. Additionally, we are calling on you to withhold all funds from ticket sales to this event. The Metropolitan Republican Club should not financially benefit from hosting a violent hate group.