Oops! Meta Lets Australian Nazis Post On Facebook For Hate And Profit
Brendan Dowling said young people are especially vulnerable to rapid online radicalisation as extremist content spreads through social media and gaming platforms.
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Oops! Meta Lets Australian Nazis Post On Facebook For Hate And Profit
If Facebook is paying Nazis to post in Australia, you can damn well bet they are paying Nazis to post here: Meta was paying out-and-out neo-Nazis to post on Facebook, an investigation from Australia’s ABC News found. These pages and individual creators posted content that appeared to be in clear violation of Facebook’s own hate speech policies. Nonetheless, they were able to earn money on their posts through the platform’s “Content Monetization”…
The Meta Group specifically pays operators of far-right Facebook pages through its monetization program. Despite strict guidelines, large sums of money flow to accounts that spread hate speech and dangerous false information online. (Read more)
Meta was paying outspoken neo-Nazis to post on Facebook, an investigation by Australian broadcaster ABC News revealed. These pages and individual creators posted content that appeared to clearly violate Facebook's own policies on hate speech. However, they could earn money with their publications through the platform's “content monetization” program, which can only be accessed by invitation. One of the beneficiaries was Hugo Lennon, a well-known…
ABC News reports that the Meta group, via Facebook, is paying several Australian far-right accounts to boost their audience. From the white supremacist website The Noticer to neo-Nazi activist Hugo Lennon, all have been benefiting from the "content monetization" program for several months.
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