cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/32311365
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.
Not to knock the fact that Facebook and everything they do is literal garbage…but wouldn’t being allowed to say whatever you wanted actually be more freedoms?
Still fuck Facebook, meta fuckerburg…
Not if this means allowing hate speech, misinformation, harmful content, and less protection for minorities. It only benefits extremists and the companies themselves.