# This popular YouTuber launched a campaign to help kids in Gaza and other conflict zones. Then came the angry comments *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/03f073b2 *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/03f073b2.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: CNN · published 2024-05-22 · read 2026-09-20 Original: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/us/ms-rachel-gaza-social-media-cec/index.html *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (5) - [James Elder](https://truthscore.com/entity/006fa9ab) - [Giselle Ugarte](https://truthscore.com/entity/5bc8eb74) - [Rachel Griffin Accurso](https://truthscore.com/entity/7bdf9853) - [CNN](https://truthscore.com/entity/96511e67) - [Save the Children](https://truthscore.com/entity/dfe71796) ## What it added - [Rachel Griffin Accurso has more than 6.5 million combined followers on Instagram and TikTok.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7b1807cc) > more than 6.5 million combined followers on Instagram and TikTok - [Rachel Griffin Accurso has 9.8 million subscribers on YouTube.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9335d3aa) > 9.8 million subscribers on YouTube - [Rachel Griffin Accurso announced a fundraising campaign on May 12 on TikTok and Instagram offering Cameos.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9c48b0cf) > She announced her fundraising campaign in a video posted May 12 to her TikTok and Instagram accounts, offering to make Cameos - [The fundraising campaign offered to make Cameos and the earnings would go to Save the Children’s emergency fund for kids affected by war.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b83eab26) > offering to make Cameos — paid personalized video messages that a celebrity can film on request. Accurso said her earnings from the videos will go to Save the Children’s emergency fund for kids affected by war - [Within hours of the campaign announcement, Rachel Griffin Accurso raised $50,000 from 500 Cameo requests.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9faf0b17) > Within hours, she’d raised $50,000 from 500 requests for personal videos, she said - [Rachel Griffin Accurso paused Cameo requests after raising $50,000.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dcac8287) > Accurso then paused the Cameo requests, saying she needed time to film the 500 personalized videos before she could accept any more - [Rachel Griffin Accurso posted a tearful video on May 16.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6d79217d) > she said in a video posted to her accounts last Thursday - [The backlash against Rachel Griffin Accurso started on May 12, four days before her tearful video.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e8c968e9) > The backlash had started four days earlier > after Accurso announced a campaign - [Commenters accused Rachel Griffin Accurso of disregarding the pain of Israeli children.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ae67164b) > backlash from commenters who accused her of disregarding the pain of Israeli children - [Rachel Griffin Accurso said all money raised will go to Save the Children.](https://truthscore.com/claim/84cddc86) > Every penny on my end will go to [Save the Children] to help children facing unimaginable circumstances - [CNN reached out to Rachel Griffin Accurso for comment.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4619d047) > CNN has reached out to Accurso for comment - [CNN reached out to Save the Children for comment.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2a3b088f) > CNN has reached out to Save the Children for comment - [Hamas‑led militants killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7 and took about 250 hostages into Gaza.](https://truthscore.com/claim/da2d89a8) > Hamas‑led militants killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7 and took some 250 hostages into Gaza - [More than 14,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the war started in October, according to UNICEF.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e40eb852) > More than 14,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the war started in October, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund - [About 12,000 more children have been wounded and thousands remain missing, according to UNICEF.](https://truthscore.com/claim/31cd0365) > About 12,000 more children have been wounded and thousands remain missing, it says - [James Elder said "Rafah is a city of children" this month.](https://truthscore.com/claim/07759995) > “Rafah is a city of children,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said this month - [Giselle Ugarte said Ms Rachel is viewed as an educational resource for young children, a neutral force and a safe place.](https://truthscore.com/claim/be5f6585) > “Ms Rachel is someone who is looked at as an educational resource for young children, a neutral force and a safe place, separated from any of the dangers of the outside world,” she said - [Rachel Griffin Accurso plans to resume her Cameo fundraising campaign.](https://truthscore.com/claim/71732fb7) > Accurso has said she plans to resume her Cameo fundraising campaign - [Rachel Griffin Accurso posted a picture of two babies in Gaza and said "We can’t let children starve".](https://truthscore.com/claim/075a4eda) > “I saw a picture of two babies in Gaza and their thighs are like this small,” she said in a post Tuesday, choking back tears - [The Israel‑Hamas war in Gaza continues seven months later.](https://truthscore.com/claim/24d3df6d) > Israel launched a war on Hamas in Gaza that continues seven months later ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.