Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook
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Meta has been paying neo-Nazis to post content on Facebook, according to an investigation by Australia’s ABC News. These pages and creators were posting content that violated Facebook’s hate speech policies, yet still earned money through the platform’s invitation-only "Content Monetization" program. One such individual is Hugo Lennon, a known far-right agitator and white nationalist who has received payments from Facebook since September 2025 for his posts.
Despite Lennon’s history of racial abuse and organizing an anti-immigration march at a sacred Indigenous site, Meta should have been aware of his involvement. The Australian white supremacist site The Noticer has also been earning money from the revenue program since November 2025, with its Facebook page generating revenue throughout the same period.
In 2025, Facebook paid out nearly $3 billion to 16 million accounts through its monetization program, with data on these accounts periodically disclosed by the platform. What to Fix executive director Victoire Rio criticized Meta for its direct involvement in monetizing hate speech, stating that the company could be held liable for the content produced by its business partners.
Right-wing extremism researcher Kaz Ross noted that Meta’s financial model rewards content creators who generate engagement, often through rage bait, extremist material, and aggravating content. Meta did not address specific questions about the pages it was paying but emphasized the distinction between offensive speech and content that could potentially lead to offline violence.
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