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Meta now lets users say gay and trans people have ‘mental illness’ (www.wired.com)

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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] 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Id bet Mark Zuckerberg has mental illness. Having the level of wealth that he has makes connecting with common people nigh impossible and leaves his pool of potential friends limited a handful of people who themselves focus on hoarding wealth that they don't even have any real use for.

Getting used to the power and comfort his billions give him means he has to worry about one day losing what he has attained, and forces him to justify to himself the possession of so much wealth while others starve.

I see no way someone can exist in that space for years on end without it warping their sanity into an uncaring money hoarder obsessed with making his numbers higher.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I would agree:

These are some common signs of ASPD:

Lack of empathy for others
Impulsive behavior
Attempting to control others with threats or aggression
Using intelligence, charm, or charisma to manipulate others
Not learning from mistakes or punishment
Lying for personal gain
Showing a tendency toward physical violence and fights
Generally superficial relationships
Sometimes, stealing or committing other crimes

...

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/signs-sociopath

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Because they're gay or trans, or because they're on Facebook?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Just the latest salvo in the proxy class war.

The bigoted, hateful hard right-wingers have been and are being very deliberately and methodically indoctrinated into serving as the footsoldiers in the privileged parasite class's proxy war against the left.

And Meta is ready to play its part.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wonder what broad over generalizations I can get away with about conservatives and liberals that may potentially harm them?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You could try by suggesting that religious people are.delusional and see how it goes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You get shadowbanned, I tried.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They already did not enforce the rules related to that...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hate fuckerberg but there's a possibility he's playing 3d chess this time.

The amount of backlash and outrage that letting all the bullshit through because politicians are spewing it and being cheered might cause the politicians doing it to have to change. Generally no one wants the new policy.

They clamor for "free speech" but once they see how it devolves the public sentiment will say "OH GOD WE TAKE IT BACK"

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