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Meta to broaden hate speech policy to remove more posts targeting 'Zionists' (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 4 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Meta has said it will expand its hate speech policy to cover more uses of the word "Zionist" when applied to Jews or Israelis on its platform.

We will now remove messages targeting 'Zionists' in several areas where our investigation has shown that the term tends to be used to refer to Jews and Israelis, with dehumanising comparisons, calls to harm, or denials of existence," the company said in a press release on Tuesday.

In December, Human Rights Watch said that Meta was guilty of “systemic censorship of Palestine content” during Israel's war on Gaza.

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[+] cygnus@lemmy.ca -6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Israel is not a country.

OK I'm done with this conversation, lmao. Didn't have to scratch your surface very much for the full-on hate to come out. Interesting how that happens so often with people who profess to simply be anti-zionist.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Recognition of israel comes from Palestinians not from posturing hypocrites.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca -5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Thanks for the explanation, person who believes Jews are not native to Israel:

You do not get to decide whether a colony is a country. The natives do.

Definitely not a ragingly anti-Semitic opinion there, nope! Edit: same for the downvoters too. You all need to take a step back and re-examine your views. Jews have lived there for 3000 years.

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

So have Muslims and Christians. Doesn't give them the right to kill all the other people and take their land. Not to mention everything they do to encourage settler colonialism, like giving settlers a free pass from Europe or the US to come in and take homes from natives in the area. You can find so many examples of random people from Germany or New York who show up and are given a house that belonged to some Palestinian family for generations.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

So have Muslims and Christians. Doesn’t give them the right to kill all the other people and take their land.

So your solution is to dissolve the state of Israel and leave the Jews there at the mercy of neighbours who would take their land and kill them on sight? Big brain time

The history of Israel's formation is not relevant to today's discussion. Most countries were founded on colonialism and war and oppression; it doesn't mean the solution is "well actually let's send everyone packing"

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