Twitter’s New $5M Revenue Sharing Program Gives Payouts To Far-Right Influencers
deadline.comTwitter has started sharing advertising revenue with select users with large followings, with some of the initial $5 million in payouts going to far-right influencers.
Andrew Tate, who was recently released from jail and placed under house arrest on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized criminal group, posted that he had been paid more than $20,000.
Others reporting a range of payments (made via Stripe) included Rogan O’Handley (known online as DC Draino). “This is a nice turnaround from being banned by Twitter 1.0 for almost 2 years to now being paid to post Thank you @elonmusk,” O’Handley tweeted.
The Washington Post had the first report about the recipients of the payouts. The revenue sharing plan is part of a larger plan to prop up Twitter Blue, the paid-verification system whose problematic rollout has been one of the hallmarks of Elon Musk’s turbulent ownership of the company.
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