Substack hosts, algorithmically promotes, and takes a revenue cut from newsletters openly pushing Nazi ideology, Holocaust denial, and white supremacy. (Geraldine McKelvie, The Guardian)
- Newsletters with swastika profile pictures, Hitler praise, and Holocaust denial charge up to $150/year for subscriptions. Substack takes roughly 10%. Within two hours of subscribing to one such newsletter, the algorithm recommended 21 similar accounts.
- Substack's recommendation system actively connects users to a network of far-right accounts that share and boost each other's posts, many with thousands of followers.
- This is a reminder that "we don't censor" is itself an editorial policy, one that has financial and algorithmic consequences.
