JUNEAU, Alaska, June 10 -- The Alaska Department of Law (Attorney General) issued the following news release:
March 10, 2026
(Anchorage, Alaska) - Today, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox announced lawsuits against six crowdfunding platforms-GoFundMe, Pay Pal Inc, Charity Navigator, Just Giving, Pledge to and Network for Good-for creating donation pages for charities without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuits allege that these companies used publicly available data to generate fundraising pages for over a million nonprofits-including several thousand in Alaska-and then solicited donations through those pages without first obtaining permission from the charities themselves.
"Giving to charity-whether it's time, treasure, or talent...