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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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[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

That is the most simplistic, uneducated opinion on the subject that is possible to make. You should be ashamed.

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If that’s the case, it should be easy enough for you to come up with an actual argument against it.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There are speech police in the real world. Workplaces don't allow you to use slurs or to harass your co-workers. That's just one example. In fact, any social group that I can think of will punish you for saying something. Some are more lenient than others, but every one has a line that you cannot cross.

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

True which is why I think an upvote/downvote system is the best form of moderation. Of course there are things you cannot allow, but it’s mostly the illegal stuff. I’m for low moderation, not no moderation. Facebook et al were not doing low moderation, it was heavy handed and unnecessary.

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