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Title: Meta's new hate speech guidelines permit users to say LGBTQ people are mentally
Post by: Lori Dee on January 08, 2025, 11:33:39 AM
Post by: Lori Dee on January 08, 2025, 11:33:39 AM
Meta's new hate speech guidelines permit users to say LGBTQ people are mentally ill
Changes to its hate speech guidelines were among broader policy shifts Meta made to its moderation practices.
Link to Full Article (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-speech-rules-allow-users-call-lgbtq-people-mentally-ill-rcna186700)
NBC News - Matt Lavietes
Jan. 7, 2025, 3:41 PM MST
Meta will allow its billions of social media users to accuse people of being mentally ill based on their sexuality or gender identity, among broader changes it made to its moderation policies and practices Tuesday.
The company's new guidelines prohibit insults about someone's intellect or mental illness on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, as have previous iterations. However, the latest guidelines now include a caveat for accusing LGBTQ people of being mentally ill because they are gay or transgender.
"We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about ->-bleeped-<- and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like 'weird,'" the revised company guidelines read.
The long list of changes to the new hate speech guidelines include removing rules that forbid insults about a person's appearance based on race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and serious disease. Meta also scrapped policies that prohibited expressions of hate against a person or a group on the basis of their protected class and that banned users from referring to transgender or nonbinary people as "it."
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I have just recently deleted my FB account due to this policy and others.
Meta recently announced that it is using AI chatbots in the form of fake profiles. There have already been thousands created. So when you get a Friend Request you have no way of knowing if it is a fake account, AI, scammer, or a genuine person.
No thanks.
Changes to its hate speech guidelines were among broader policy shifts Meta made to its moderation practices.
Link to Full Article (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-speech-rules-allow-users-call-lgbtq-people-mentally-ill-rcna186700)
NBC News - Matt Lavietes
Jan. 7, 2025, 3:41 PM MST
Meta will allow its billions of social media users to accuse people of being mentally ill based on their sexuality or gender identity, among broader changes it made to its moderation policies and practices Tuesday.
The company's new guidelines prohibit insults about someone's intellect or mental illness on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, as have previous iterations. However, the latest guidelines now include a caveat for accusing LGBTQ people of being mentally ill because they are gay or transgender.
"We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about ->-bleeped-<- and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like 'weird,'" the revised company guidelines read.
The long list of changes to the new hate speech guidelines include removing rules that forbid insults about a person's appearance based on race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and serious disease. Meta also scrapped policies that prohibited expressions of hate against a person or a group on the basis of their protected class and that banned users from referring to transgender or nonbinary people as "it."
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I have just recently deleted my FB account due to this policy and others.
Meta recently announced that it is using AI chatbots in the form of fake profiles. There have already been thousands created. So when you get a Friend Request you have no way of knowing if it is a fake account, AI, scammer, or a genuine person.
No thanks.
Title: Re: Meta's new hate speech guidelines permit users to say LGBTQ people are mentally
Post by: ChrissyRyan on January 08, 2025, 01:57:45 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on January 08, 2025, 01:57:45 PM
I wonder if users are allowed to shed LGBTQ+ people in a good light. One would hope so.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Title: Re: Meta's new hate speech guidelines permit users to say LGBTQ people are mentally
Post by: Lori Dee on January 08, 2025, 02:48:18 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on January 08, 2025, 02:48:18 PM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 08, 2025, 01:57:45 PMI wonder if users are allowed to shed LGBTQ+ people in a good light. One would hope so.
Chrissy
Our local Equality Center has a FB page, as do many support groups. That is a good thing so that people can access their services. I just refuse to allow my "demographics" to be logged by some AI chatbot to be sold to some marketing company or the government. Nope, nope, and nope.