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Meta to pull posts targeting 'Zionists' for harm (www.france24.com)
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The latest update to Meta's policy regarding use of the word "Zionist" comes as the tech titan behind Facebook and Instagram strives to balance free speech with hateful attacks on Jews.

"We will now remove content that targets 'Zionists' with dehumanizing comparisons, calls for harm, or denials of existence on the basis that 'Zionist' in those instances often appears to be a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people," Meta said in a blog post.

The change expands on Meta's approach of treating the reference as hate speech when it is used along with antisemitic imagery or clearly references the Jewish people.

Meta said it will remove content attacking "Zionists" when -- rather than being tied to that political movement -- it is pegged to antisemitic stereotypes such as claims they run the world or control the media.

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[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Shut up. No it's not.

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I love how people downvote instead of reading.

This just in: you can critisize Israel and zionism and still accept that other people have misused the word "zionism" to hide their antisemitism

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's common for all kinds of bigots to use dog-whistles to avoid being banned

For example this post that got 30k likes says that "Zionists" killed Jesus and more

https://x.com/DrLoupis/status/1785180262181089415?t=50rtTnpLEu0FX3-HEXDWrA&s=19

I think you can understand in what meaning it's often used

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

The word substitution is as blunt and obvious as a baseball bat to a Nazi's face

[–] small44@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Zionizm comes from Zion and not zio, a place referenced in the bible. Neo nazis didn't invent the word

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@small44@lemmy.world I never said they did? Just like Neo-Nazis haven't invented the number 1488

Do you know the definition of the "dog-whistle"?

@lemmee_in@lemm.ee @Cleverdawny@lemm.ee @oakey66@lemmy.world

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Right

Zionist is generally a dog whistle

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it is

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No it’s not. I’d take a good look at who you associate with if that’s it’s common meaning for you.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's not a matter of whether it's a common meaning among their associates. The problem is that it's a common meaning used by anti semitic groups.

Of course the problem cuts both ways, hateful anti semitic folks hiding behind criticism of Zionists, and Neyanyahu supporters dismissing any and all criticism as broadly anti semitic.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 4 months ago

and Neyanyahu supporters dismissing any and all criticism as broadly anti semitic.

ITT

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -2 points 4 months ago

They're just trying to make it illegal to point out genocidal fascists.