Prominent writers from the newsletter platform Substack are leaving due to the platform's decision not to moderate pro-Nazi and pro-Holocaust material. The controversy arose after allegations that Nazi content creators were profiting from Substack. The Atlantic published a piece on Substack's Nazi problem, but it was debunked by journalist Jesse Singal.
This is disturbing. @TheAtlantic has a piece by Jacob Stern, "Substack Was A Ticking Time Bomb," riffing on a Nov 23 Jonathan Katz piece saying that @SubstackInc was profiting from scads of Nazis, only it's mostly nonsense, as @jessesingal outlined in his recent, um, Substack. 1/ https://t.co/3TCKsQVgJH
In November, the Atlantic published a story called "Substack Has a Nazi Problem" that made allegations Nazi content creators were able to "live comfortably" from the money they generated on Substack. But when @jessesingal looked into it, he uncovered an egregious amount of… https://t.co/qT9eX0OxwQ
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Top newsletter Platformer is leaving Substack amid controversy over the platform's policies surrounding pro-Nazi content More: https://t.co/SeE1xPqufY https://t.co/SeE1xPqufY
One of the newsletter platform Substack’s most prominent writers is abandoning the platform over its decision not to moderate praise for Nazis and pro-Holocaust material. https://t.co/7LwdiKjiKu