Does Substack Have a Nazi Problem?

There aren’t many platforms left on the internet that protect free speech and encourage the exchange of ideas. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have all de-platformed and demonetized users they believe hold extremist views, so when the Atlantic took aim at Substack back in November, accusing the platform of making money off of Nazi newsletters, everyone expected it to cave to the accusations. (READ MORE: Colorado’s Fascist Four Unify GOP Behind Trump)

But Substack didn’t.

Instead, the whole incident sparked a debate between writers on and off the platform over who should be moderating extremist views — the host platform, or the writers, readers, and thinkers engaging with ideas on it. “Let the writers and readers moderate, not the social media platforms. And don’t have one big town square we all have to be exposed to, have a bunch of smaller ones that we can choose to be part of,” Elle Griffin wrote in a statement signed by popular writers, including Richard Dawkins and Barri Weiss. (READ MORE: Poland’s Liberal-Democracy Has Adopted Martial Law)

That doesn’t mean the platform hasn’t shut down some publications — it prohibits porn and calls to violence — but it has stood firm.

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