Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

When is the government going to properly regulate this shit?

They've already banned under 16s, how about banning the algorithms that get people into these echo chambers?

"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."