Mailchimp

Email Marketing

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

Summary:

Mailchimp has canceled Christian and conservative groups for a wide array of offensives based on its broad and vague terms and conditions. Mailchimp has suspended political groups, faith-based groups, and The Babylon Bee. Mailchimp supports gender identity education for children and looser election laws, defying local and state laws. Mailchimp donated to Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ groups. While it protects its employees against political affiliation discrimination, it does require that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The company has a charitable discount for nonprofits, but it is unclear if religious groups are eligible. For these reasons, Mailchimp receives a "High Risk" rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

Mailchimp temporarily suspended The Babylon Bee for “violating our standard terms of use and acceptable use policy.” Mailchimp later claimed it was a mistake, but The Babylon Bee switched platforms anyway to avoid potential cancellation (1). Mailchimp also canceled the account of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a 2nd Amendment support group (2). Mailchimp de-platformed the Northern Virginia Tea Party (3). Mailchimp de-platformed the group, Russian Faith, from using its emailing services without any warning or explanation (4). Mailchimp joined other Big Tech companies in banning users that violated its “anti-vaccination” content policy (5).

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Mailchimp offers a nonprofit discount; however, it is unclear if the company has any restrictions on eligibility (1). Mailchimp allegedly matches employee donations to charity; however, its eligibility criteria are not public (2).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

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Rationale

Mailchimp protects its employees against religious and political affiliation discrimination; however, it does require its employees to be fully vaccinated with U.S. vaccines against COVID-19 (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Mailchimp has advocated for transgender participation in youth sports and for teaching children about gender and sexuality in public schools, defying state laws (1)(2). Mailchimp specifically boosted voting registration efforts in Georgia, later denouncing the state’s efforts to secure the electoral process, and advocated for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (3)(4)(5). Mailchimp has its employees go through allyship and privilege trainings (6).

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

Mailchimp offered price relief to small “social justice” nonprofits fighting “racism in the U.S. against Black people” (1). Mailchimp donated to Black Lives Matter (2). Mailchimp partnered with a trans group to fund hormone replacement therapy and “gender-affirming products and treatments” (3).

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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Rationale

Mailchimp does not have its own PAC. Mailchimp’s parent company, Intuit Inc., has a record of giving in a bipartisan manner consistent with business interests without ideological prejudice (1)(2).

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January 3, 2023

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