Is Facebook Paying People to Make You Angry? Meta's $3 Billion Creator Programme Under Fire

Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages

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. — Read the rest The post Meta pays 16.2 million accounts, including neo-Nazi-linked pages appeared first on Boin…

Is Facebook Paying People to Make You Angry? Meta's $3 Billion Creator Programme Under Fire

Meta is facing renewed scrutiny after an investigation by Australian public broadcaster ABC News Verify found that Facebook's invitation-only Content Monetisation programme has been paying advertising revenue to several controversial creators, including accounts linked to neo-Nazi groups and anti-vaccine activism. The investigation identified monetised Facebook pages that appeared to conflict with Meta's own monetisation policies, which state th…

Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.

ABC News (Australia): Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

ABC News (Australia): Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content. “An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer. Content produced by these creators appears to be, at times, in direct violation of Facebook’s own policies around content monetisation.”