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Meta rolled back protections. Now hate is surging - What we're seeing: More hate, more fear, less freedom. (makemetasafe.org)

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On January 7, 2025, Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, including the end of third-party fact-checking in the U.S., and rollbacks to its hate speech policy globally that remove protections for women, people of color, trans people, and more. In the absence of data from Meta, we decided to go straight to users to assess if and how harmful content is manifesting on Meta platforms in the wake of January rollbacks.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Do we really like people, though?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No shit.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

Tbf, having a central authority dictate the truth to you ain't so great.

Neither is having classes of people who you aren't allowed to offend.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Tbf, having a central authority dictate the truth to you ain't so great.

I don't think the phrase "third-party fact checkers" (plural) implies a central authority.

Neither is having classes of people who you aren't allowed to offend.

Facebook can't stop you from offending people. What they can do is make it slightly more difficult by disallowing slurs, etc.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

There’s no speech police in the real world, you don’t need it online either.

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