Substack Reverses Stance, Removes Nazi Accounts Amid Pressure

The decision, affecting five accounts, comes after writers and readers threatened to leave the platform unless it reconsidered its policies.

Substack, the newsletter platform, has reversed its stance on hosting Nazi content, removing five accounts that violated its policies.
The decision came after pressure from writers and readers, some of whom threatened to leave the platform unless it reconsidered its policies.
Substack's co-founder, Hamish McKenzie, had previously defended the platform's laissez faire approach to content moderation, arguing that censoring or demonetizing such accounts would only exacerbate the problem.
Despite the removal of these accounts, larger accounts linked with right-wing extremism remain unaffected.
The move has been criticized as too little, too late by some, while others worry about the damage done to the platform's reputation.