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> it allows “allegations of mental illness or abnormality, based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism a

> it allows “allegations of mental illness or abnormality, based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like ‘weird.’” I think you misread that: it allows allegations of mental illness even on the basis of gender and religion, which before weren't allowed. It still allows allegations of mental illness based on other factors, because they were never disallowed in the first place.

pavlov 2y ago
No, it’s explicitly so that allegations of mental illness are forbidden except if the target is gay or trans. Here’s another source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-speech-rules-allow-users-call-lgbtq-people-mentally-ill-rcna186700 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-spee... And the original document: https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/ https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-stand... Tier 2 forbids insults based on: Mental characteristics, including but not limited to allegations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, and unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity. We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like “weird.” There’s no ambiguity. Allegations of mental illness or abnormality are explicitly allowed based on gender or sexual orientation, but no other reason.
- lupire 2y ago
  There is ambiguity, insofar as the whole document is a word salad of sentence fragments and rambling sentences that branch off in different directions without logical coherence. It takes quite some effort to discern the intended meaning, which I agree matches your interpretation. Even the tier system is declare but it's meaning never explained. Calling out "weird" and no other word is hilarious, suggesting that Team MAGA is still sore over how much people enjoyed using that term to describe the bizarre behavior of of Trump and company.

pavlov 2y ago

No, it’s explicitly so that allegations of mental illness are forbidden except if the target is gay or trans. Here’s another source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-speech-rules-allow-users-call-lgbtq-people-mentally-ill-rcna186700 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-spee... And the original document: https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/ https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-stand... Tier 2 forbids insults based on: Mental characteristics, including but not limited to allegations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, and unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity. We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like “weird.” There’s no ambiguity. Allegations of mental illness or abnormality are explicitly allowed based on gender or sexual orientation, but no other reason.

lupire 2y ago
There is ambiguity, insofar as the whole document is a word salad of sentence fragments and rambling sentences that branch off in different directions without logical coherence. It takes quite some effort to discern the intended meaning, which I agree matches your interpretation. Even the tier system is declare but it's meaning never explained. Calling out "weird" and no other word is hilarious, suggesting that Team MAGA is still sore over how much people enjoyed using that term to describe the bizarre behavior of of Trump and company.