Substack accidentally sent push alerts promoting a Nazi publication

It was easy to see Nazi 2023 controversy of Slugrack as a whole that could appear again. Well, the content of white superiority led to another headache for the company this week. Mag user I stated on Tuesday that the application sent an alert to pay to some users who promote Nazi. The company told Engadget that the notification was a “very offensive and disturbing” error.

The alternative newsletter concerned describes itself as a “weekly socially socialist news message”. It includes “opinions and news is important for the socialist and white national community.” The extreme right blog has only 757 subscribers. (This is a comparison ocean decrease, for example, 2.6 million Heather Cox Richardson, George Sonders 312,000 and Karim Abdel -Jabbar 236,000).

Looking at the offensive content of the news message and the relatively equal audience, this does not seem to promote. According to the company, this does not mean. “We have discovered a mistake that caused some people to receive payment notifications that they should have never received,” said a SUBSACK Engadget spokesman.

“In some cases, these notifications were very offensive or annoying,” the statement continued. “This was a serious mistake, and we apologize for the distress it caused. We have taken the relevant system in an internet non -connection, and the problem was diagnosed and changes to ensure that it does not happen again.”

He asked Engadget Scheduck for details or additional context on how the accident occurs. He had no more comment at the time of publication. We will update this story if we discover more.

Mag user Reports indicate that those who click on the Nazi Blog profile received recommendations for similar recommendations. This had an audience larger than 8,600 subscribers.

One of the reasons why social users are fast to swoop on the last accident: It provides a symbolic contact with the Nazi storm of 2023. This is when Atlantic Ocean Al -Taddah was dug from white newsletters, Nazi and Nazi news messages on the platform. Some of them were invested.

Prestack policy is the Policy of Combating Pure. “I just want to make it clear that we do not like the Nazis either – we do not wish one of the opinions.

After weeks of negative press coverage and prominent authors leaving the platform, Prestack has retreated … somewhat. On the one hand, the company removed some pro -Nazi publications. However, she did this without changing her policies. Instead, she said five posts violate the current content instructions. Specifically, they broke the rules that prohibit “incitement to violence based on protected layers.”

Some critics did not think this was enough. PlatformCasey Newton, a prominent voice that left subseack during the episode, believes that the company needs to take more responsibility. Newton wrote in early 2024: “Each platform hosts its share of racists, white nationalists and other harmful characters. In early 2024,” wrote in early 2024.

Prestack has since found its feet as a haven for independent content creators. Many journalists looking to build an audience without traditional media have flocked to. (Among other things, this list includes Tina Brown, Jim Acosta, Terry Moran and Jennifer Robin.) In recent years, STIMBAND has added a social feature similar to Twitter, Fide Video and Tiktok-Sque Vertical.

The company said it was the largest week during the 2024 presidential elections, an 82 percent increase in paid subscriptions. I recently raised $ 100 million in financing.