The newsletter platform Substack will soon publish the influential TikTok account, which was profiled this week in The Washington Post.
The account has amassed a large following on the social-media site for reposting TikTok videos and other social-media posts from creators of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community, in a way that evokes outrage among conservatives.
Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News and a high-profile right-wing publication, has amplified the account's videos and made it an important part of the current conservative discourse.
The upcoming pivot to Substack by the libs of TikTok is the latest instance of a controversial voice seeking shelter on the platform, which has so far opted for less moderation than other social platforms.
The founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate told Insider that the very point that TikTok is seeking to move to is an indictment of Substack.
The Post reported that Chaya Raichik, who was once a real estate agent from Brooklyn, is the author of the book "Limons of TikTok".
After Joe Rogan mentioned it on his popular show in August, it became a mainstream media story.
The account has taken a strong stance against the LGBTQ+ community, even calling for out LGBTQ+ educators to be fired on the spot.
The person whose video was featured on the site received death threats and other attacks, according to the Post.
The people of TikTok did not reply to the request for comment Friday.
The Washington Post report led to a wave of right-wing outrage, with conservative pundits decrying it for revealing the identity of the woman running the account, arguing the report had unfairly done so. The account had more than 600,000 followers and was used in right-wing news.
On Tuesday, the same day that the Post reported, the account rapidly gained new followers and announced a forthcoming Substack with paid subscriptions.
After the article was published, lots of people asked how they could support me. If I get banned from social media, it is the best way to lend support and stay connected.
The account on TikTok was permanently banned for violating the company's community guidelines, as the Post noted in its report this week.
After gaining a large following by publishing content that violates or comes close to violating other platforms, several accounts have moved to Substack. Substack has been criticized by anti-hate groups and writers for its policies on what is allowed on the platform.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate says Substack generated at least $2.5 million in a single year from anti-vaccine movementinfluencers, including Alex Bernson, who was banned from Twitter for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said that some of the top posts in the politics category on Substack included misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO Ahmed said that Substack has become the platform of choice for hate actors because the company and its leaders fail to enforce the rules and guidelines that it sets to keep the platform safe.
According to the November 21, 2021, post on its website, those rules prohibit hate content, which it outlies as credible threats of physical harm, based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age.
You can't have your cake and eat it the same way.
Substack defended its policies in a statement.
A spokesman for Substack said that they don't believe in censoring writers on the platform if they don't violate their terms, including content that might be offensive or wrong.
Company leaders have doubled down on their seemingly unfettered commitment to allow free speech, which seems to drive the controversial voices to its platform.
Substack CEO Chris Best wrote that they believe that when you use censorship to silence certain voices or push them to another place, you don't make the misinformation problem disappear but you do make the mistrust problem worse.
Several writers who joined Substack, including ones who scored lucrative deals, decided to leave due to its willingness to allow harmful content.
The literary scholar Grace Lavery left the platform in January, also leaving behind a six-figure deal with the company, writing she no longer had any faith that the executive team at Substack would enforce its own terms of use related to the harassment of trans people.
In June 2021, author Jude Doyle left the platform for the Substack rival Ghost, writing in a post they felt Substack was funding extreme trans-eliminationist rhetoric.
On Trans Visibility Day last year, the poetYanyi announced he was leaving Substack, writing that he decided to leave the platform after he decided that Substack has enabled and protected a writer like Graham Linehan to stay on their platform behind a claim of preserving journalistic ethics.
Linehan, a British writer, was permanently suspended from the social media site in 2020.
So far, the Libs of TikTok Substack has no content except for a section featuring short testimonials from figures that include Rogan, Matt Walsh, and the right-wing radio host.
Users pay $5 for a monthly subscription. For a fee of $500, fans can become founding members of TikTok and get an additional perk of eternal gratitude.
It is not clear what type of content will be published through the newsletter, and the account is still active on social media.
The people of TikTok sent a message to its hundreds of thousands of followers.
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