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# Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform
- URL: https://werd.io/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi-publications-from-the-platform/
- Published: 2024-01-09T01:03:39.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-09T01:03:39.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: NotableLinks, #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

The headline here is a little misleading, because it should end: "... but not proactively, and with no changes to our content policy."

Substack seems to want to have its cake and eat it: to offer content deals, promote writers, and shape its writer community, but also be treated as a neutral utility rather than a platform with its own editorial policy, content goals, and community management.

I don't think it should have that ability. Either it's a neutral utility - which is an impossibility because of its obvious community curation, but also because of rules imposed on it at the payment layer - or it's a platform. It can't be both. And because it can't be the former, the company needs to take real responsibility for its actions, rather than pin itself to this clearly cynical policy dressed up as principles. [#Media](https://werd.io/tag/Media)

\[[Link](https://www.platformer.news/p/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi)\]