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Total Chaos at Meta: Employees Protest Zuckerberg's Anti LGBTQ Changes

by ghostpepper on 1/10/25, 12:12 AM with 19 comments

• by jpmoral on 1/10/25, 12:57 AM

  > the company would be getting “back to our roots around free expression” to allow “more speech and fewer mistakes.”

  Regardless of anyone's opinion on this move, as a long-time user it's never felt like Facebook was about free speech.

• by dagmx on 1/10/25, 1:12 AM

  That meta specifically green light harassment of minority groups, while giving specific examples of what bigotry is okay to express, is just mind boggling.

  What on earth could possess them to specifically carve out those things beyond pandering to an extreme audience?

• by fzeroracer on 1/10/25, 12:55 AM

  As it should be. Saying slurs are OK as long as you direct them towards LGBTQ people is an absolutely insane policy to hold. They weren't even kind enough to just have a vague hate speech rule that they never enforce.

• by carpet_box on 1/10/25, 12:47 AM

  I'm surprised they wrote the policy so explicitly. Those making these bizarre demands clearly believe themselves superior to the outgroups they dehumanize.

  What would they do without some demographic to denigrate and use as a crutch for propping up their egos? They might find themselves angry with the people actually in charge, and we can't have that can we ;). No, safer to unleash the bots and let them run wild with the division and polarization to keep people busy.

• by brailsafe on 1/10/25, 3:03 AM

  Odd that they made that specific exception, but fwiw their changelog diff view is pretty good. Beyond that, it's a bit absurd that religion always gets a pass as though it's as innate as height, country of birth, or skin color.

• by amrocha on 1/10/25, 1:13 AM

  On one hand, yes this policy is insane.

  On the other hand, if you work at Meta you gave up your ethical concerns at the door, so it shouldn’t be a surprise.

• by throwaway314155 on 1/10/25, 1:15 AM

  Anybody have a mirror?