{"id":13273,"date":"2024-02-10T03:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T02:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/metas-review-of-hate-speech-policy-sparks-concern-of-further-censorship-of-pro-palestinian-content\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T03:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T02:41:13","slug":"metas-review-of-hate-speech-policy-sparks-concern-of-further-censorship-of-pro-palestinian-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/metas-review-of-hate-speech-policy-sparks-concern-of-further-censorship-of-pro-palestinian-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s review of hate speech policy sparks concern of further censorship of pro-Palestinian content"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations expressed alarm about company\u2019s policy on \u2018Zionist\u2019 in meeting<\/p>\n

Meta is considering expanding and \u201crevisiting\u201d its hate speech policy around the term \u201cZionist\u201d, the Guardian has confirmed. The company reached out to and met with more than 10 Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations on Friday to discuss the company\u2019s plans to review the policy to ensure the term \u201cZionist\u201d is not being used as a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people, according to an email the Guardian reviewed.<\/p>\n

The policy as it exists allows \u201cZionist\u201d to be used in \u201cpolitical discourse but removed when it\u2019s used explicitly as a proxy for Jews or Israelis in a dehumanizing or violent way\u201d, according to an email a Meta representative sent to the organizations inviting them to the Friday meeting. The email further stated the company was considering reviewing it in light of posts users and \u201cstakeholders\u201d have recently reported, the Meta representative wrote. The Intercept first reported<\/a> the potential change in policy.<\/p>\n

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\nArab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations expressed alarm about company\u2019s policy on \u2018Zionist\u2019 in meeting
\nMeta is considering expanding and \u201crevisiting\u201d its hate speech policy around the term \u201cZionist\u201d, the Guardian has confirmed. The company reached out to and met with more than 10 Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations on Friday to discuss the company\u2019s plans to review the policy to ensure the term \u201cZionist\u201d is not being used as a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people, according to an email the Guardian reviewed.
\nThe policy as it exists allows \u201cZionist\u201d to be used in \u201cpolitical discourse but removed when it\u2019s used explicitly as a proxy for Jews or Israelis in a dehumanizing or violent way\u201d, according to an email a Meta representative sent to the organizations inviting them to the Friday meeting. The email further stated the company was considering reviewing it in light of posts users and \u201cstakeholders\u201d have recently reported, the Meta representative wrote. The Intercept first reported the potential change in policy. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations expressed alarm about company\u2019s policy on \u2018Zionist\u2019 in meeting Meta is considering expanding and \u201crevisiting\u201d its hate speech policy around the term \u201cZionist\u201d, the Guardian has confirmed. The company reached out to and met with more than 10 Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations on Friday to discuss the company\u2019s plans …<\/p>\n

Meta\u2019s review of hate speech policy sparks concern of further censorship of pro-Palestinian content<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}