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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I mean yeah Zionist is generally used as a stand in for Jew
Shut up. No it’s not.
Maybe not always, but it usually is, including by Neo-Nazis and antisemites in general
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_Occupation_Government_conspiracy_theory
Slur “Zio” for example was coined by the Neo-Nazi David Duke to refer to Jews
Zionizm comes from Zion and not zio, a place referenced in the bible. Neo nazis didn’t invent the word
@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
Right
Zionist is generally a dog whistle
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
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
The word substitution is as blunt and obvious as a baseball bat to a Nazi’s face
Yes, it is
No it’s not. I’d take a good look at who you associate with if that’s it’s common meaning for you.
They’re just trying to make it illegal to point out genocidal fascists.
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.
and Neyanyahu supporters dismissing any and all criticism as broadly anti semitic.
ITT
The line between anti-zioninist and anti-semitist has definitely been blurred to the point that assuming jew hatred is going to be the safest bet even if not correct in literally every case.
Absolutely correct.
You know what makes people antisemitic? Genocidal, land-grabbing fascists.
Sure sure. Let’s blame all the jews for that. I’m sure white supermacists, islamaphobists and nazies all have equally good justifications for their hatred as well.
Speaking of genocidal, land-grabbing fascists, do you know what “from river to the sea” means?
Hating haters is still hate…
NBD, I call them Nazis anywy
So when it comes to freedom of speech Facebook is better than Chinese social media because of … ???
Good, but what about all the Zionists calling for harm? Can we get those posts removed? No? Didn’t think so.
Why would a mega corp do such a thing …
I can’t believe some of my friends still use Facebook daily. What a shit site
Honestly, as a millennial, any friends I have in my generation that still use Facebook are the ones that sorta gave up on life.
I don’t see anyone age casually using Facebook. They’re either not using it all and have a dorman profile page, or they post 20+ things a day at all hours of the day.
“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.
So dehumanization and calls for harm are fine, as long as the target isn’t a proxy for Jews or Israelis?
No.
It’s Facebook/Meta.
They’ll sell you the data and the means to spread dehumanising and hateful content on its platform.
