【Watch Money Heist Online】

Newsletter platform Substack now has a "report" button its app,Watch Money Heist Online allowing readers to flag posts and publications directly.

The feature has been available on the web version of the platform for the past four months, enabling users to report profiles and "Notes", Substack's fairly new replication of Twitter/X posts. The latest update on the app was spotted by Chris Messina, and first reported by The Verge.

Credit: Screenshot / Apple Store.

Substack is in the midst of controversy, as a flurry of users have left the platform amid accusations of content moderation issues. The platform came under fire for reportedly allowing white supremacist, alt-right, and "explicitly Nazi newsletters" to build a home on its site, according to a November 2023 investigation from The Atlantic. In response, hundreds of Substack publishers wrote an open letter to the company's leadership.

---

You May Also Like

---

---

SEE ALSO: The ongoing content moderation issues behind Substack's meltdown

In the letter, the writers asked of Substack's team: "Why do you choose to promote and allow the monetization of sites that traffic in white nationalism?"

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

The "Substackers Against Nazis" campaign cited Mashable's reporting on a previous exodus of Substack writers, again pointing to the prevalence of bigotry — namely transphobia — on the platform. The letter questioned Substack's "hands-off approach to content moderation", writing, "But there’s a difference between a hands-off approach and putting your thumb on the scale. We know you moderate some content, including spam sites and newsletters written by sex workers."

"Your unwillingness to play by your own rules on this issue has already led to the announced departures of several prominent Substackers," the letter continued, "including Rusty Foster and Helena Fitzgerald. They follow previous exodusesof writers, including Substack Pro recipient Grace Lavery and Jude Ellison S. Doyle, who left with similar concerns."

In 2022, Mashable reported on the significant amount of COVID misinformation flourishing on Substack, to which the platform responded, "While we remove content that is illegal, calls for violence, doxxes someone, and other things you can see in our content guidelines, it’s not against the rules to be disagreeable or wrong. This means erring on the side of free press and free expression, even for those we don’t endorse or agree with."

---

Related Stories

---

• Twitter appears to be going to war with Substack
• Sam Bankman-Fried launches a Substack to defend himself over FTX's collapse
• On Substack, COVID misinformation is allowed to flourish
• Why Substack creators are leaving the platform, again
• Substack launches 'private' newsletters

It appears Substack may be continuing to double down on its policies, despite this new addition of report features and an ongoing discussion between the company's leadership team and Substack users.

Following the concerns of Nazi content on Substack in 2023, the site's co-founder Hamish McKenzie wrote a response on Dec. 21, stating, "I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don't think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse."

Topics Social Media

• Games
• Entertainment
• Digital Culture
• Tech
• Social Good
• Science
• Life
• Shopping

• Your 'wrong person' texts may be linked to Myanmar warlord
• NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for May 7: Tips to solve Connections #226
• Apple is actively looking at AI search for Safari
• Skype is finally shutting down
• AMD Radeon RX 550 + Intel Pentium G4560
• Best travel deal: Fly from the U.S. to Europe this summer for $200
• Best mesh wifi deal: Save $75 on the Amazon eero 6+
• Government messages on modded Signal clone Telemessage got hacked
• Keeping Hope Alive
• Best robot vacuum deal: Save $210 on the Eufy Auto

• “The Solution,” a Poem by Sharon Olds (1985)
• An Erotic Advertisement From Our Archive
• Klaus Wittkugel, East German Master of Book Design
• Remembering Louis Marx and Company’s Presidential Figurines
• James Tate, 1943–2015 by Jeffery Gleaves
• Who Is Professor Bhaer? Part 3 of an Ongoing Investigation
• Elena Ferrante‘s Children’s Book Is Being Translated and It Sounds Terrifying
• Having Trouble Sleeping? Read This.
• Dord, Foupe, Kime, and Other Ghost Words in the Dictionary
• When I Auditioned for George Martin: An Appreciation

• Every MCU movie villain ranked, from "Iron Man" to "Thunderbolts*"
• Today's Hurdle hints and answers for May 6, 2025
• Today's Hurdle hints and answers for May 7, 2025
• Exceptionally rare radio sources detected in the distant universe
• Google Pixel Buds Pro 2: $40 off at Amazon
• NYT mini crossword answers for May 6, 2025
• Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 just received their first discount
• Tesla launches cheaper Model Y
• Contingent No More
• Webb telescope just got a crystal

• Best robot vacuum deal: Eufy Omni C20 robot vacuum and mop at record
• NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for May 7: Tips to solve Connections #226
• Netflix to test TikTok
• Best kids deal: Save 22% on the Kindle Paperwhite Kids
• 'The Last of Us' Season 2, episode 4: Why Ellie sings 'Take on Me'
• Apple is actively looking at AI search for Safari
• NYT Strands hints, answers for May 7
• PGYOB Portable Power Station Deal: Get 36% off
• Fyre Festival and Trump’s Language
• Best Kindle deal: Save $50 on Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle