Juan M announced "Stack Exchange staff will actively remove links to a legal fund campaign from user profiles and posts" and implies that this is being done "under direction from our legal team". What specific legal risks is the Stack Exchange legal team afraid Stack Exchange will incur if it does not remove these links? Would a link to a page that links to that campaign incur the same risks?
Related question on Law.SE: Can a website incur liability for linking to a funding campaign for a lawsuit against it?
In response to close votes: this question is on topic because it is asking SE the rationale behind an announced decision.