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We host Nazis because if we didn’t, things would be even worse — That’s #substack’s policy since quite some time. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if you want to support that take by visiting their site or using it to host your content.

usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-p…

“We don’t like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views,” Substack's co-founder Hamish McKenzie said in a statement issued at the time. “But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don't think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse.”

SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog

The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the "white nationalist community."
Taylor Lorenz (User Mag)
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