Yesterday Substack reached unicorn status (1 billion dollar valuation). Yes, Substack, the publishing equivalent of a Nazi bar.
2 months ago I collected evidence of what the lack of moderation does: putting unchecked racism, antisemitism & fatphobia out in the open.
I collected evidence but I'm not the right person to air this. Do you have recommendations re: bloggers / journalists who might be interested?
Update: I just wrote to Jason at 404 Media 💁♀️
🧡 Thank you for doing your part in reporting unacceptable online content! That is more than most folks would do.
(I work for a NGO in the US. We prevent violence against adolescents. Online content causes harm in many ways.)
Hopefully Substack has taken appropriate action by now.
If not, there might be some other options for reporting the content. This guidance from the Let's STOP Hate Speech group, funded by the EU might be helpful:
🌐https://absbg.eu/en/european-commission-combating-hate-speech-and-hate-crime/
#hatespeech #substack #misinformation #racism #publichealth #media
Substack appears more than happy to profit from harm and hate.
"[...] Substack's refusal to tackle misinformation and hate speech is still happening. Writers are publicly speaking out about leaving Substack or calling out the company's policies when it comes to free speech, content moderation, and censorship."
🌐https://mashable.com/article/substack-writers-leaving-misinformation
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