I'm not defending fraud: if fraud is made, then you pay for it (either economically or via prison). On the other hand, having thousands of people on the internet call you everything because of a mistake. I don't know, I definitely wouldn't like to be judged by Twitter users if I make a mistake in my life (that's why I don't have Twitter/IG/etc. It's so scary to be judged in 0.5 seconds by thousands all over the world).

The best he could have done is to apologize, though, and handle it legally.

a mistake is an accident... this probably required more effort than actually finding women to speak at the conference... it was willful and harmful

Can’t even do fraud these days without people saying it is bad to do fraud. It’s political correctness gone mad!

Not just cancelled, but calls it a lynching too.