Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
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.
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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. 🙃
Yup, sure does. The biggest social network is now a safe haven for hate speech.
When you suggest a personal identity is some sort of ideology or political movement, you have shown all of your cards.
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!"
So can I say explicit things about CEOs?
Yes. When were you ever stopped from doing that? For instance, just recently it was in the headlines that some Finnish bloke told Elon Musk off in X, and he definitely noticed it because he answered "f u retard".
No. You'll be called a terrorist if you do that. They're a protected group don't you know?
I have.
FB is going to die eventually. This expedites it. Its audience is aging, not getting younger. Add hate speech, and you’ll just drive people off it further.
I use FB for my birthday and connecting with family. I can find other platforms. Thanks.
It had hate speech already, which already didn't "go against community policies" (in spite of using well known codes to tell trans people to k*** themselves), this will just make it all the more blatant
(Just to be clear, I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm agreeing and adding context, just in case my intention wasn't obvious... Text and nuance ;) )
Ah so accuse politicians and CEOs of being transgender. They’ll soon reverse it
Why do you think they would care about that?
Because they're manbabies and they care about that sort of thing.
Ok, in your fantasy perhaps, but is that really the case?
Considering the massive fit they threw about being called weird, yes.
Hell, the massive fit they throw when they're called cisgender
Why does Meta's handbook list it as "Hate Speech Rules!"??
They are the rules to follow to expand hate speech.
Gross, corporate social media platforms have been circling the nazi bar drain for a while, it's just becoming explicit now.
Motherfuckah, I’m ill, not sick.
So what? Let's do the time honoured tradition of ignoring things.
Who still uses Facebook? I guess those who appreciate these policy changes.
X had an outward migration, maybe it's time for a Facebook/Instagram alternative.
Ngl did not except a social media platform to do this
I mean, I expect it of
Twitterand Truthump Social, but this feels really mask off for Facebook to doSame
Can we not share every clickbait headline over this thing ffs, seems every single website does a "you can now call minority group A slur B on meta" when the one and only actual headline is that meta has removed their fact checkers. Whatever the fuck kind of slur people will he using is pure speculation for the outrage click.
The guidelines literally have the text
It looks like clickbait, but they actually wrote that into their policy.
Fair enough I didn't realize they specifically called this out, what the fuck. Though the point still stands that I have seen at least three variations of this headline already. When it is all one underlying change, albeit a pretty messed up one.
Were they all in the same community and instance?
The removal of fact checkers is part of it. They've also changed their guidelines.
Americans and this stupid broad “freedom of speech” nonsense.
You should not be able to attack a marginalised group of society. And it is not the same as calling right wingers names.
Nice both side-ing.
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