The Verge has a breakdown of the policy changes at Facebook, Instagram and Threads yesterday.
It is, in my opinion, deeply uncomfortable.
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338471/meta-hate-speech-hateful-conduct-policy-moderation
I intend to fully defederate Threads.net from Cyberplace.social in two weeks, so 23rd January 2025, unless they clarify their moderation policies.
People are welcome to migrate their account in advance to avoid losing their followers from Threads.
The reason being I cannot accept terms of service enforcement which specifically targets minority groups.
Meta's new documentation has overlaps with Kiwi Farms. It is not okay.
@GossiTheDog Good riddance! Defederation is totally justified , we don't need to open the floodgates for bigotry.
It's not even that they are permissive about speech. It's that they EXPLICITLY single out marginalized groups as a special case where discrimination is allowed.
This policy is ITSELF discrimination because it applies a double standard.
But it's not like the #Meta empire has ever been ethical before, so this is perfectly on-brand for them.