PerspectiveMinds, the “anti-Facebook,” has no idea what to do about all the neo-Nazis

Published 29 May 2019

Minds is home to neo-Nazis, and wants its users to help decide what content stays on the site. Ben Makuch and Jordan Pearson write in Motherboard that Minds is a US-based social network that bills itself as being focused on transparency (its code is open source), free speech, and cryptocurrency rewards for users. Much of the recent media coverage around Minds, which launched in 2015, has focused on how it challenges social media giants and its adoption of cryptocurrency, while also noting that the site’s light-touch approach to content moderation has led to a proliferation of far-right viewpoints being shared openly on its platform.