LGBT, Meta and hate speech

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
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 reviews hate speech guidelines, to allow labelling of LGBTQ people as mentally sick
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has revised its hate speech guidelines to allow users to describe LGBTQ people as mentally ill. The change was announced in new guidelines released Tuesday by the media outfit.
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 updated hate speech policy now allows users to say LGBTQ people are 'mentally ill'
The revised policy maintains bans on insults targeting intellect or mental health but introduces an exception for allegations tied to sexual orientation or gender identity. These allowances reflect the political and religious discourse around LGBTQ+ issues and the casual use of terms like “weird.
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 to Allow Posts That Call Gay, Trans People 'Mentally Ill'
The parent company to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads revises its hateful conduct policy to 'allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.'
Meta Will Now Allow Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill
We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation,” Meta announced this week, along with other major policy changes to its platforms (Facebook, Instagram,
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.
Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’
Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.
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.
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