Meta's anti-censorship policy linked to surge in antisemitic content, royal commission told

Australia's royal commission into antisemitism heard evidence that Meta's January 2025 decision to "reduce censorship" on Facebook, Instagram and Threads — announced after Donald Trump's re-election — may have led to increased levels of hate speech on those platforms. Meta scrapped factcheckers and shifted to only proactively tackling illegal or very serious violations, relying on users to report lesser breaches. A Meta representative defended the move, saying "over-enforcement poses significant risk to the communities we try to protect."

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The Guardian World · 25d ago · Source ↗

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