Online ticketing platform Eventbrite recently unpublished two events from Purple for Parents Indiana, an organization fighting to protect children from indoctrination and sexualization in schools.
The first event, “RSVP America: Restoring Social Virtue and Purity to America,” exposes the history and agenda behind laws allowing children to be sexualized in schools. Miller said her group used Eventbrite to sell tickets for a previous RSVP America conference.
Eventbrite’s decision to unpublish the upcoming conference followed a July 11 Reddit post on the r/Indiana subreddit asking people to “Report a hate group event!”
“The registered hate group purple for parents is hosting an event,” the post read. “Check out their eventbright [sic] event and report it.” The user included a link, and more than 20 users confirmed in comments or replies on the post that they had reported the event to Eventbrite.
On July 18, Miller received an email from Eventbrite Trust and Safety notifying her the event had been unpublished. “We have determined that your event is not permitted on the Eventbrite platform as it violates our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service, specifically our policy on Hateful, Dangerous, or Violent Content and Events,” the email said.
According to Eventbrite’s Community Guidelines, this type of content includes “Hate speech, hateful ideologies, and hateful activities that incite, encourage or engage in violence, intimidation, disparagement, harassment, or threats” based on certain characteristics.
Eventbrite’s email warned that “severe or repeated violations of our guidelines may result in the suspension or termination of your Eventbrite
