Meta paid anti-LGBTQ accounts ahead of midterms
The gist
Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for posts ahead of the midterms.
The payments flow through an invite-only program that also drew scrutiny in August.
How it unfolded
- 2024Meta unveils Facebook Content Monetization, an invite-only program designed to streamline earnings for creators.
- Aug 6, 2026The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Meta invited accounts promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies.
- Aug 27, 2026Neo-Nazi webcomic artist StoneToss posts a strip that used Tim Curry's death to mock transgender suicide rates.