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Fury over Metas 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.
And the new policy uses startling outdated terminology to explain its reasoning: "We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and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,'" wrote Meta. "Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users and advertisers alike," wrote GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis in an official statement. As it implements those changes, the company should remember its obligations to human rights and the users that drive its platforms' success, and the ways in which transphobic and anti-immigrant content — though legal — will absolutely chill the speech of members of those important communities," wrote CDT Free Expression Project director Kate Ruane.
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