India, Aug. 13 -- (By Toija Cinque for the conversation)

In recent days, media reports have revealed several instances where Facebook has paid for content that could be deemed controversial.

ABC News Verify found Facebook had monetised Australian accounts described as having white nationalist, neo-Nazi or anti-vaccine links. According to the report, some of the content they posted even appeared to conflict with Meta's own monetisation policies.

Meta did not answer questions about the individual pages, and their earnings are not public. However, it did state if creators breach their policies their earnings will be disabled, and they may be removed entirely for repeated breaches.

Payment is different from simply allowing contentious spe...