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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Why Meta is paying for controversial content - and what that means for the posts you see

In recent days, media reports have revealed several instances where Facebook has paid for content that could be deemed controversial.

ABC News Verify found Facebook had monetised Australian accounts described as having white nationalist, neo-Nazi or anti-vaccine links. According to the report, some of the content they posted even appeared to conflict with Meta's own monetisation policies.

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