Here’s a fact for you, internet truth-seekers: Snopes is seeking donations, claiming that the rumor-debunking website is in danger of shuttering because the site is essentially being held “hostage.”
A GoFundMe campaign launched Monday by Snopes co-creator David Mikkelson states that the site “is in danger of closing its doors” because it has been cut off from its “historic source of advertising income.”
“Snopes.com, which began as a small one-person effort in 1994 and has since become one of the Internet’s oldest and most popular fact-checking sites, is in danger of closing its doors. So, for the first time in our history, we are turning to you, our readership, for help,” the fundraising campaign reads.