What shows up when woke sheds its rainbow garb

  • Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course
    The company also did not signal any changes to its ban on Holocaust denial in its announcement, and the leaked materials also did not address the ban, which…
    www.jpost.com


    Why Meta's decision on 'Zionists' as a proxy for Jews matters
    Social media conglomerate Meta updated its policies and will now remove speech that dehumanizes, calls for harm, or denies existence of "Zionists."
    www.msn.com

  • This blatant attempt at stoking antisemitism will surely lead to constructive discussion, Owned_by_Irene . :rolleyes:


    And just in case anyone was wondering whether OP's extreme, right-wing source could actually give two shits about transsexuals, gays or immigrants:

    AF Post - Bias and Credibility
    QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no
    mediabiasfactcheck.com

  • This blatant attempt at stoking antisemitism will surely lead to constructive discussion, Owned_by_Irene . :rolleyes:


    And just in case anyone was wondering whether OP's extreme, right-wing source could actually give two shits about transsexuals, gays or immigrants:

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/af-post-bias-and-credibility/

    Thanks for letting me know about that site, I thought AF Post was from the UK. I despise the term "America First", so I found another source.


    But don't you think it's hypocritical for Meta to remove speech protections for LGBTQ+ people but not for Zionists? Not all Jewish people are Zionists after all. This puts a precedent where news about the genocide in Palestine will be remove from Meta websites as a policy, that in itself is very dangerous.

  • Thanks for letting me know about that site, I thought AF Post was from the UK. I despise the term "America First", so I found another source.


    But don't you think it's hypocritical for Meta to remove speech protections for LGBTQ+ people but not for Zionists? Not all Jewish people are Zionists after all. This puts a precedent where news about the genocide in Palestine will be remove from Meta websites as a policy, that in itself is very dangerous.

    The fact that Jews aren't a monolith who all act as representatives for Israel would presumably be supporting evidence for Meta's supposed ban on discussing the matter.


    From the opening lines of one of the articles you reposted:

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    Six months ago, Jewish groups celebrated a policy win when Meta banned the use of “Zionist” as a coded slur against Jews and Israel.

    When you start using a word as a slur, it's only natural that it be treated as such, as the Internet is now filled with people turning "Zionist" into something inherently derogatory, the exact same way they did with "Jew" centuries ago, while using it as a catch-all for the entire world's Jewish population, regardless of their individual stance.


    Except in actuality, this supposed policy change never even happened, nor were they ever protecting other minorites, because in my experience, Meta's platforms are largely no holds barred, unmoderated wastelands that will typically let you say whatever you want without consequence. Try to report an obvious example of hate speech or even violent threats and you'll just receive a message explaining that their highly intelligent bots didn't find a problem with the material and it stays up. So the entire basis for these articles is highly flawed, as Meta hasn't been big on censorship, much less playing favorites, and the original headline (not even an article) you posted was just plain neo-Nazi propaganda.


    It should also go without saying that Meta's owner is currently doing all he can to suck up to Trump and his incoming regime, something that is even mentioned in these articles. The man has no interest in protecting any minorities, just his own bank account.

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