Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

If “antifa” is mentioned in the context of “references to historical or recent incidents of violence” — a category so sprawling that it includes “historic wars” and “battles” — that post will also be penalized. Should Meta apply this rule as written, the company could, for instance, restrict posts comparing the antifascist nature of World War II to the contemporary antifa movement.

Potential penalties for violating Community Standards range from a full account ban to comments being hidden or suppressed.

The policy change follows years of Meta and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot of political convenience toward President Donald Trump and his base. Following Trump’s second electoral victory, Meta quickly changed its speech rules to allow for anti-transgender slurs and dehumanization of immigrants, The Intercept previously reported, aligning the company with longtime MAGA culture war grievances.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    59·
    14 days ago

    Now how am I going to continue as leader of Antifa if I can’t rally my troops on Facebook? Gah! Thwarted again! The enemy is just too cunning.

    • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zipEnglish
      10·
      14 days ago

      So glad the government has not found out about the Antifa carrier pigeon network! All of the most impotantest and secretest communications travel via those birds and I really hope no one searches every bird they find!

      • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        14 days ago

        I heard now they’ve changed to sending messages by flushing them in the toilet and using the sewage network as a message transport. Very clever because nobody would think to search every “deposit”.