LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s controversial changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to phase out using platforms owned by the technology company in their journalism practice.
On 7 January chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp. He said the company would cease moderating topics that are the “subject of frequent political discourse and debate”, like immigration and gender identity, as well as ditching fact-checking in favour of a community notes system which is seen on Elon Musk’s platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
