Mystery Solved: Left-Wing Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Bankrolls Shadowy Anti-Musk Group

Pierre Omidyar, left-wing billionaire as well as media donor, is behind the dark money group. The group has kept its donors hidden for almost a full year. It is currently leading a corporate boycott campaign against Elon Tesla.

Omidyar, founder of eBay and financial backer for the company Intercept and ProPublica, donated $509,500 to Accountable Tech in 2021 and 2022, according to a recently updated List of Grants Omidyar’s foundation disclosed the information. Omidyar also provided $2 million to at minimum six other organizations that targeted Musk. criticizing He is available for letters and op-eds “uniquely ill-suited for the job of running a social media platform”  Warning He said that Twitter would become a “free-for-all of hate and harassment.”

The news reveals one of the primary forces behind the anti-Musk campaign. Accountable Tech has been dodging questions about its donors for months. Accountable Tech, along with other Omidyar-sponsored groups, organized campaigns to get corporations to ban Twitter. In the last year, they issued statements and op eds decrying Musk and calling on the government to investigate the billionaire. “I wonder who funds them,” Musk responded to a May question. Washington Free Beacon Report About the organization’s secrecy.

Omidyar Network spokeswoman confirmed funding, but said the Free Beacon It was not ordered by the foundation to boycott Twitter. “We routinely support organizations that share our vision for a responsible technology system, but do not direct their day-to-day activities,” Spokeswoman Beth Kanter said.

It is not clear what exact amount Omidyar paid to Accountable Tech. Omidyar Network was listed as of Sunday Grants Its website lists a total of $509,500 in donations that were made in 2021 or 2022. After the Free Beacon Reached out to the Omidyar Network for comment Monday Edited Its database only shows one grant of $209,500 “North Fund 2022 Accountable Tech P&P Project Funding” on October 24, 2022. It also canceled grants to two other organizations, which had criticized Musk.

The Free Beacon reported last year that Accountable Tech—which calls itself a “small nonprofit taking on Big Tech companies”—has no physical footprint and is a registered trade name of the North Fund, a $66 million nonprofit group that uses aliases to push an array of left-wing causes from a shell office in Washington, D.C.

Accountable Tech didn’t respond to our request for comment.

Omidyar’s connections to the anti-Musk Campaign are notable because of the personal history between them. Musk’s rise to the top ranks of super-wealthy was helped by Omidyar, the founder of eBay.