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Meta announced a series of major updates to its content moderation policies today, including ending its fact-checking partnerships and “getting rid” of restrictions on speech about “topics like immigration, gender identity and gender” that the company describes as frequent subjects of political discourse and debate. “It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms,” Meta’s newly appointed chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, wrote in a blog post outlining the changes.

In an accompanying video, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s current rules in these areas as “just out of touch with mainstream discourse.”

In tandem with this announcement, the company made a number of updates across its Community Guidelines, an extensive set of rules that outline what kinds of content are prohibited on Meta’s platforms, including Instagram, Threads, and Facebook. Some of the most striking changes were made to Meta’s “Hateful Conduct” policy, which covers discussions on immigration and gender.

In a notable shift, the company now says it allows “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like ‘weird.’”

In other words, Meta now appears to permit users to accuse transgender or gay people of being mentally ill because of their gender expression and sexual orientation. The company did not respond to requests for clarification on the policy.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Finally the oppression is over, finally. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When you finish reading this comment, you will forget you were ever gay.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh yeah sure, THIS is what you people should be focusing on. Not on how to win voters for the next elections by NOT focusing on the same shit the electorate already told you they didn't care about, noOOooo.

Instead let's just ignore what we didn't learn from them, and double down! After all, the proles are too stupid to know better than an echo chamber!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump campaign fucking smashed it. They live in current age and played us all.

But how much did we hear about Gaza and Israel? That's all sorted now, yeah? It makes me fucking sick how they used a genocide to turn us against their opponent when they themselves are going to be worse in every measurable way possible.

I hate how gullible people have gotten.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Idk im Trans and I also have depression :3

(Im guessing that's not what this means tho)

[–] [email protected] 109 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I still think this whole idea that we were going to get big tech (or anyone really), as owners of the modern mediums of communication, to act as the arbiters of truth and harmful messages was always a ridiculous notion. It's both not in their interests and not in their power.

The mainstream of the liberals and the left seem to have become so obsessed with policing speech that they've nearly completely given up on meaningfully improving the material conditions of people's lives. You win the narrative by delivering real results that people can see and feel, not by trying to ban charlatans from spinning bullshit.

Change the world, and the narrative will follow. Not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The charlatans spinning bullshit for over 70 years is the reason we have never had anyone from "the left" in a position of power to make any meaningful change.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Religion is a mental illness.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Preach! But you know, not really.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

15 years in the making to unban "fake and gay"

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

People need to stop using Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and Instagram.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

They won't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Facebook, Instagram and Threads are easy, I was never on Threads and largely used the others for following people and groups rather than actively posting.

WhatsApp is the tricky one as all my friends and family are on there and it is pretty important. I could get some people to move to Matrix but not everyone. Luckily, it's the one that is the most difficult to enshittify. Still...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I wrote my deletion post just a few hours ago actually. Cited sexism, homophobia, anti-immigration, no more fact-checking etc. I said I'd leave the account up for a few days in case anyone wanted to arrange a way to stay in contact (since I've had friends there since 2007), but after that I'm gone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember back in 2017 or so when I left Facebook and did the same, only a handful arranged to keep contact otherwise. Ever since if I’ve met anyone from those years by accident, they’ve been very bitter that I just left them and didn’t stay in contact.

So just kind of a warning here, not everyone will be normal about it. It’s truly weird since I did the same; left a clear announcement I’d leave and hoped those interested would get in touch to figure out another way. Still so many, even after so many years, can feel betrayed and hurt because of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the heads up. I can see how that would happen. In my case I posted literally once or twice a year since 2020 or so, and the last time I talked to anyone other than family was 6 months ago. I have several dozen "friends" that will see the post, but leaving likely won't affect much other than them being able to see photographs on FB/Instagram. Everyone I actually interact with knows other ways to contact me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Cite this article before you go.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

They already allowed it on Facebook, they just pretended they didn't while that kind of speech thrived on Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't insult us by association

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

He said he's gay, not that he's a shark fucker. Unless you're a gay shark fucker? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

At this rate, someday guys may be able to joke around again

This post is a work of satire

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