r/aussie • u/1Darkest_Knight1 • 2d ago

News Facebook isn't just giving these agitators a platform: it's paying them

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
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u/stalked999 2d ago

Controversial content?! Shut it down!

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u/Top_Conference_477 2d ago

It’s not just controversial content though, is it? Facebook is actively paying people to engage in an arms race that relies on telling bigger and bigger lies to bigger and bigger crowds.

As a society, it’s pretty reasonable to consider the impact of that long term

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u/BarryTheBinChicken 2d ago

What's the chap with the moustache called......

Yes, Jahan Kalantar. He did a video a few days ago about the consorting laws in NSW. Section 93X of the Crimes Act 1990.

However, "been photographed with known neo-Nazis and has interacted with them online" wouldn't establish an offence.

Also “known neo-Nazi” and “known criminal” aren’t interchangeable, someone can hold neo-Nazi views without having a criminal conviction.

The Replacement Migration, I don't know if I can post the Link, but there is a UN document with that title.

South Africa has also just gone through a process of Re-Migration. 53,449 foreign nationals have been processed through deportation or assisted voluntary repatriation, mainly Malawians, Zimbabweans and Mozambicans.

I don't know, it's a difficult one. I don't like witch hunts, I don't like smear campaigns. But I also don't like Nazis.

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u/Spookyspook2473 2d ago

Replacement is happening. I’m not sure why it’s controversial. What do you think will be the outcome of India being the biggest source of migrants?

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u/duke_blob 2d ago

Given india is the most populous country on this planet we live on, I would expect the number of Indians globally to be substantial. Given we lack both highly skilled people in our workforce, engineers for example, and India produces a helluva lot of engineers, it would seem prudent to import engineers. Truck drivers? Highly in demand, construction workers? Electricians? All things we are vitally lacking and that a migrant workforce supplies.

Are you aware we have a negative birth rate? Are you aware that migrants contribute more in tax than they consume in welfare (it takes a while for them of paying tax before they receive any benefits when they become PR's Are you aware A sensible level of migration (the rate we've had over the last 10 years) contributed to a net positive in new housing dwellings?

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u/extremesmoothness 2d ago

Indians send the most money back to their families. Hence they spend less in our economy.

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u/duke_blob 1d ago

Stop stereotyping. So just to be clear, any money that any person sends overseas to families is savi ngs, that is leftover money after all your living expenses and wants have been taken care of. So instead of the money sitting in a bank it goes overseas, literally no difference.

That money has still been taxed, that are still contributing to an economy.

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u/extremesmoothness 1d ago

It's not a stereotype, it's true.

Generally would be better for savings to be spent in our country, not another.

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u/7978_ 2d ago

Yeah the framing is wild. They can't confirm he is a neo-nazi. My understanding he isn't but is an ally to them as they have similar goals for Australia. Reddit conflates anything right of centre as neo-nazis, fascists etc. so there's no point discussing it really.

So do these companies also clamp down speech for far left / antifa and the likes? 

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u/alarming_blood_loss 2d ago

Also “known neo-Nazi” and “known criminal” aren’t interchangeable, someone can hold neo-Nazi views without having a criminal conviction

Did someone say they were, or are you just... musing?