Video platform chief says Nazi posts on white superiority do not merit removal

A leaked email from an Odysee executive suggests the site favoured by the far right could do more to restrict extremists

A top executive at the video sharing platform Odysee wrote guidance to moderators in late April that a Nazi that makes videos about the superiority of the white race" would not be grounds by itself for removal from the platform, according to a leaked email obtained by the Guardian.

The platform, whose owner, LBRY Inc, is currently being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for trading in unregistered securities, has been increasingly popular with extremists who have been banned from other platforms, and who are attracted by Odysee's cryptocurrency-based monetization program.