Meta’s new community standards for hateful conduct will allow criticisms of the mental state of those claiming to be transgender.
The rule changes come after founder Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to Meta’s approach to moderation, saying the company had reached a point where there have been too many mistakes that resulted in “censorship.”
“Even if [our filters] accidentally censor just 1% of posts, that’s millions of people,” Zuckerberg said.
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As such, Zuckerberg and company have decided to allow more discourse on political and religious grounds.
Under its update to policy rationale for hateful conduct rules, Meta said it still removes “dehumanizing speech, allegations of serious immorality or criminality, and slurs.”
The company continued, “We also remove harmful stereotypes, which we define as dehumanizing comparisons that have historically been used
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