Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages
Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages Ellsworth Toohey 6:00 am Fri Aug 7, 2026 Facebook monetization — Photo by LPS.1, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) Meta is paying for posts that appear to break its own rules, according to an ABC (Australia) New Verify investigation by Lucy Carter. The report cites four accounts that have received payment from Facebook's invitation-only Content Monetization program, including a white nationalist with neo-Nazi links and an anti-vaccine campaigner. Hugo Lennon, who was removed by Victoria Police outside a Melbourne hotel last month while shouting racist abuse at Indian prime minister Narendra Modil, has made money through the program since September 2025.
- ▪Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages Ellsworth Toohey 6:00 am Fri Aug 7, 2026 Facebook monetization — Photo by LPS.1, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) Meta is paying for posts that appear to break its own rules, according
- ▪The report cites four accounts that have received payment from Facebook's invitation-only Content Monetization program, including a white nationalist with neo-Nazi links and an anti-vaccine campaigner.
- ▪Hugo Lennon, who was removed by Victoria Police outside a Melbourne hotel last month while shouting racist abuse at Indian prime minister Narendra Modil, has made money through the program since September 2025.
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Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages Ellsworth Toohey 6:00 am Fri Aug 7, 2026 Facebook monetization — Photo by LPS.1, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) Meta is paying for posts that appear to break its own rules, according to an ABC (Australia) New Verify investigation by Lucy Carter. The report cites four accounts that have received payment from Facebook's invitation-only Content Monetization program, including a white nationalist with neo-Nazi links and an anti-vaccine campaigner. Hugo Lennon, who was removed by Victoria Police outside a Melbourne hotel last month while shouting racist abuse at Indian prime minister Narendra Modil, has made money through the program since September 2025. ABC reports his recent videos include replacement theory and remigration.
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