Summary
Meta updated its hate speech guidelines to allow users to accuse LGBTQ individuals of being mentally ill based on their gender identity or sexual orientation, citing “political and religious discourse” and “non-serious usage” of such language.
The changes also remove bans on hate speech targeting protected classes, including race, gender, and disability.
LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD condemned the policy, accusing Meta of enabling anti-LGBTQ hate for profit.
These updates are part of broader moderation changes as Meta aligns itself with Donald Trump’s administration.
Abhorrent. Immoral. Evil.
These are the “insults” that I’d prefer to use to describe Facebook. This is the direction of the US. This is what people want. They want to be able to label people like me as “mentally ill”.
Fuck Facebook. I hope Zuckerberg gets his [not going to get banned for promoting violence, but what about the implication?]
“Transgenderism” immediately has me like
🚨🚩🚨🚩
Also, “non-serious usage of words like weird” means using it seriously against politicians could be rule violating, while calling someone mentally ill for being gay wouldn’t. 🙃
When you suggest a personal identity is some sort of ideology or political movement, you have shown all of your cards.
Yup, sure does. The biggest social network is now a safe haven for hate speech.
Tying it to “weird” after that went viral during Harris/Walz’s campaign seems telling.
It takes a little bit of inference, but I think it outs the writer of this policy as having the average conservative persecution complex, with the average conservative lack of awareness of proportionality.
Smacks of, “Oh, so you liberals can call us weird, but we can’t call you ‘mentally ill’ and make concerted campaigns to drive you to suicide? We only do that because you attack us for wanting to focus policy on what genitals are in school childrens’ pants, we’re the victims here!”