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Employees react as Meta's new policy allows LGBTQ+ to be called mentally ill
Meta's new policies pull back on the company’s moderation on sites including Facebook and Instagram, including of anti-LGBTQ language.
Meta employees speak out against new anti-LGBTQ+ & anti-DEI policies
Zuckerberg's policies are part of a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and a shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion.
Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
Meta will allow its billions of social media users to accuse people of being mentally ill based on their sexuality or gender identity.
Meta changes hate speech rules, dropping LGBTQ protections
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, dropped some LGBTQ protections from its hate speech rules Tuesday amid a wider overhaul of the social media giant’s content moderation practices. Under its newly updated policies on hateful conduct,
Meta now lets users call women 'property' and gay people 'mentally ill'
The tech giant overhauled Facebook, Instagram, and Threads' Hateful Conduct policy to be much more permissive.
Mark Zuckerberg’s new Meta policies okay using dehumanizing slurs toward LGBTQ+ people
Leaked training materials reviewed by Platformer and The Intercept reveal that moderators are now instructed to allow posts calling LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill” and denying the existence of transgender individuals.
LGBTQ people can be described as ‘mentally ill’ after Meta amends policy
Billions of social media users will be permitted to describe LGBTQ people as “mentally ill” and women as “property” under sweeping changes to Meta’s hateful conduct policy.
Meta Rolls Back Hate Speech Rules as Zuckerberg Cites 'Recent Elections' as a Catalyst
It wasn’t just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration
Meta’s New Hate Speech Rules To Impact Creators And Their Communities
The full impact of Meta’s “community management” approach to moderation remains to be seen, but social media creators will feel this shift acutely.
Campaigners fear spike in hate speech as Meta lifts restrictions
Tech giant Meta has rolled back restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, a sweeping move advocacy groups fear will fuel hate speech."Removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta's platforms unsafe places,
Fury over Meta's relaxed hate speech policies: "I really think this is a precursor for genocide"
The social media giant will now allow users to question the mental health of LGBTQ people and compare minorities to diseases.
Meta drops restrictions which protected LGBTQ community
Meta's global policy chief stated, "It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress but not on our ...
Meta Latest To Dump DEI: Here Are The Companies Ending Diversity Programs (Full List)
Meta joins companies like Walmart, Lowe’s and Ford, which have already announced they would scale back their commitments to ...
Zuckerberg says Biden officials would ‘scream,’ ‘curse’ at Meta team over COVID takedown requests
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Biden administration officials would “scream” and “curse” at his employees when they disagreed ...
Facebook parent Meta employees are said to be furious with changes in the company's LGBTQ policy
Meta recently updated its Hateful Conduct policy, removing prohibitions on harmful speech, including discriminatory rhetoric ...
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Meta Accused of Hiding LGBTQ Content on Instagram
Teenagers were reportedly blocked from viewing posts with LGBTQ-specific hashtags as part of efforts to restrict "sensitive ...
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The LGBTQ community Brawls Instagram For Censoring Content That Showcases Their Culture
Meta has updated Instagram’s media policy in line with the consented marginal LGBTQ community guideline that moderates ...