Meta updates allow users to call LGBT+ people as mentally ill on Facebook and Instagram

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Social media giant Meta has released updated its user guidelines around hate speech to now allow users to say that someone is mentally ill based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.

In a video announcement posted earlier this week, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg explained: “The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritising speech.”

The new guidelines still prohibit users from insulting each other based on their mental health except for in instances related to sexuality and gender identity.

The updated guidelines state: “We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like ‘weird’.”

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