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Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook has monetised accounts with neo-Nazi links.
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.
Meta would not comment directly on the pages, but said it had "clear policies in place which anyone using our monetisation tools must comply with" and that "it is not Meta's role to police offensiveness".
A white nationalist with neo-Nazi links who hurled racist abuse at the Indian prime minister during his visit last month is being paid by Facebook's parent company, Meta, to produce content.
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation into several controversial Australian pages on Facebook has found that some are benefiting directly from social media monetisation programs run by Meta.
Hugo Lennon is a far-right agitator who was formally moved on by Victoria Police for shouting profanities and racist abuse at Narendra Modi at a Melbourne hotel.
He has been receiving revenue through Facebook's "Content Monetization" program since September 2025.
White nationalist Hugo Lennon being confronted by Victoria Police after yelling racist abuse at India's prime minister. (Supplied)
Mr Lennon has been photographed with known neo-Nazis and has interacted with them online.