Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt

Sam Harris, the polemical atheist neuroscientist known for his popular podcast “Waking Up,” was making tens of thousands of dollars a month from fans who donated to him through Patreon, a crowdfunding site. That stopped this month. On Dec. 6, Patreon kicked the anti-feminist polemic Carl Benjamin, who works under the name Sargon of Akkad, off its site for using racist language on YouTube. That same week, it removed the right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos a day after he opened an account. The moves prompted a revolt. Mr. Harris, citing worries about censorship, announced that he would leave Patreon. He was

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