Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
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A Guardian investigation revealed that Substack, a global publishing platform with approximately 50 million users, is generating revenue from newsletters promoting Nazi ideology, white supremacy, and antisemitism. Substack, which takes 10% of newsletter revenue, hosts accounts like NatSocToday, Third Reich Literature Archive, Erika Drexler, and Ava Wolfe, some of which charge subscriptions for content that includes swastikas, Holocaust denial, and praise for Adolf Hitler. The investigation found that Substack's algorithm directed the Guardian's account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content within two hours of subscribing to NatSocToday. These accounts, some with thousands of followers, regularly share and like each other's posts. The location of some of these accounts is believed to be in the US and UK.
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