Calling women ‘household objects’, saying LGBT individuals have ‘mental illness’ no longer prohibited on Meta

Meta has announced significant changes to its content moderation policies, including the termination of fact-checking partnerships and the removal of restrictions on discussions about immigration, gender identity, and gender—topics the company says are central to political debate.

Joel Kaplan, Meta’s new chief global affairs officer, defended the changes, stating, “It’s not right that things can be said on TV or in Congress but not on our platforms.” CEO Mark Zuckerberg echoed this sentiment in a video, calling the current rules “out of touch with mainstream discourse.”