Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill

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Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
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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 made to its moderation policies and practices on Tuesday. The company’s new guidelines prohibit insults about someone’s intellect or mental illness on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, as have previous iterations.

” Among the long list of changes to its new hate speech guidelines is the removal of rules that forbid insults about a person’s physical appearance based on race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, and serious disease.

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