At that time he published “DEI should die. “This is about ending discrimination, not replacing it with different discrimination.”
Zuckerberg’s actions have been seen by analysts as an attempt to appease President-elect Donald Trump, whose conservative support base has repeatedly complained that verification on technology platforms is a way to restrict free speech and censorship.
Additionally, Republicans, Trump’s party, have long been against corporate diversity programs, many of which were established in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement in an attempt to recognize racial disparities in the country. .
The UN and Biden against Zuckerberg
Meta’s recent actions have been criticized by specialists, international organizations and some political actors; among them is the president of the United States Joe Biden and the UN.
The president pointed out that ending content verification is a “really shameful” measure.
“I think it’s really embarrassing,” Biden told reporters at the White House when asked about the announcement. “Telling the truth matters,” he considered, adding that the measure is “completely contrary to everything that the United States is.”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, pointed out that regulating hate content on the internet “is not censorship.” The official explained that authorizing hate speech and harmful content on the Internet has consequences in the real world.
Fears about a possible rise in hate speech have increased as Meta has also removed restrictions on topics such as gender and sexual identity.
The latest version of the company’s community guidelines says its platforms would now allow users to accuse people of “mental illness or abnormality” because of their gender or sexual orientation, for example.
This Meta policy review comes less than two weeks before Trump takes office again on January 20.
Facebook currently pays about 80 organizations around the world to use its verifications on the platform, as well as on WhatsApp and Instagram.
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