When writing on Twitter about the incident, Scott mentioned that at Brave they have been using his name and even his photo to raise money from viewers. Scott also claims that the crypto startup might be violating the General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR) adopted by the EU, since it has started donation campaigns on his behalf without obtaining a consent.

I asked them not to, and to refund anyone who's donated they said 'we'll see what we can do' and that 'refunds are impossible'. This warning is prompted by a company called Brave, who've been taking cryptocurrency donations 'for me', using my name and photo, without my consent. On his Twitter account, Scott posted a message saying that the browser is raising donations from users in BAT tokens, using Scott’s name without the blogger knowing or approving of it. Tom Scott, a famous YouTube blogger, has put forward accusations against the adblock browser Brave, claiming the latter has been behaving unethically if not violating the law.

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