Tracking scandals and controversies involving Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Meta Changed Content Policy, Allowing Women To Be Called Household Objects. “Users are now allowed to, for example, refer to “women as household objects or property” or “transgender or non-binary people as ‘it,’” according to a section of the policy prohibiting such speech that was crossed out. A new section of the policy notes Meta will allow “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality.” Previously, such comments would have been subject to removal under the policy. The changes to Meta’s hateful conduct policy were first reported by Wired.” [CNN]
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