This story from The UK newspaper the Guardian, which was picked up by Citizen Free Press, might be significant or at least bears watching.

Here are the key excerpts with a few of my editorial comments added:

"The email newsletter service Substack is facing a user revolt after its chief executive defended hosting and handling payments for "Nazis" on its platform, citing anti-censorship reasons."

Comment: I seriously doubt this is a serious "user revolt," but that's the way it will (and already has been) portrayed.

"… In a note on the site published in December, the chief writing officer, Hamish McKenzie, said the firm "doesn't like Nazis," and wished "no one held these views."

"But he said the company did not think that censorship – by demonetising sites that publish extreme views – was a solution to the problem, and instead made it worse."

Comment: Hip-Hip-Hoo-ray! Thank you, Hamish.

"… Some of the largest newsletters on the service have threatened to take their business elsewhere if Substack does not reverse its stance."

Comment: This is the way these censorship movements always start – accuse someone (or an entire writers' platform) of being "Nazis," "extremists," "racists," or "science deniers"… which is usually enough to get the deplatforming started.

Now we should all be on the lookout for more stories along these lines. If the Democrats were still in charge of the House of Representatives, we'd have hearings on the "Nazi Substack" with the usual statements of outrage that this platform hasn't been banned yet.

"… On Tuesday Casey Newton, who writes Platformer – a popular tech newsletter on the platform with thousands of subscribers paying at least $10 a month – became the most prominent yet.

"Rolling out a welcome mat for Nazis is, to put it mildly, inconsistent with our values here at Platformer," he said today. "We have shared this in private discussions with Substack and are scheduled to meet with the company later this week to advocate for change."