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Meta to broaden hate speech policy to remove more posts targeting 'Zionists' (www.middleeasteye.net)
submitted 4 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Meta has said it will expand its hate speech policy to cover more uses of the word "Zionist" when applied to Jews or Israelis on its platform.

We will now remove messages targeting 'Zionists' in several areas where our investigation has shown that the term tends to be used to refer to Jews and Israelis, with dehumanising comparisons, calls to harm, or denials of existence," the company said in a press release on Tuesday.

In December, Human Rights Watch said that Meta was guilty of “systemic censorship of Palestine content” during Israel's war on Gaza.

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[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lol have you ever tried to report abuse on Facebook or Instagram?

They won't do shit about obvious racist abuse or hate speech. Let them define what they want, they will do what they always do - nothing.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Their algorithm appears to work on bots only which auto crawl content for words.

When it comes to media they do remove some material there are a few articles of people working in a meta moderation centers with traumas from what they have seen posted.