Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’
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Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.
    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      No, no, no. Some people can say as they choose, some cannot. In any case, we’re all forced to listen to it and participate.

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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      18 days ago

      The problem is that people are vulnerable to disinformation and now there is little to no pushback on these platforms.

      In a world where people are expert critical thinkers with no biases and perfect rationality it wouldn’t matter, but that isn’t how people work in the slightest.

      • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
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        18 days ago

        Who gets to decide what’s disinformation?

        Once upon a time, scientific consensus classified homosexuality as a mental disorder.

        This is why psychology is a soft science and not worthy of the authority afforded to hard sciences.