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Meta rolled back protections. Now hate is surging - What we're seeing: More hate, more fear, less freedom. (makemetasafe.org)

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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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[–] SW42@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

surprised pikachu face

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 3 points 5 days ago

I look forward to the day when the people wake up and drag the oppressors into the streets.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

No shit.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is why I’ve switched back to the old internet. Chat like irc/matrix for social interaction. RSS for information. And webrings for browsing the personal garden websites that used to constitute the internet before social media took over. It’s been great.

The good internet magazine has been writing about this and is my inspiration

As well as the internet history podcast.

I mean look at what social media took from us. Have fun exploring that webring and following link after link to new web rings and personal gardens. I love it. Reminds me of the early 00s

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Working as intended then?

[–] Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tbf, having a central authority dictate the truth to you ain't so great.

Neither is having classes of people who you aren't allowed to offend.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago

Tbf, having a central authority dictate the truth to you ain't so great.

I don't think the phrase "third-party fact checkers" (plural) implies a central authority.

Neither is having classes of people who you aren't allowed to offend.

Facebook can't stop you from offending people. What they can do is make it slightly more difficult by disallowing slurs, etc.

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago (6 children)

There’s no speech police in the real world, you don’t need it online either.

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