Meta Platforms—Meta updated Community Standards to expressly permit anti-LGBTQ+ speech including calling LGBTQ+ people mentally ill
On January 7, 2025, as part of broader content moderation changes, Meta updated its Community Standards to expressly permit users to describe LGBTQ+ people as mentally ill or abnormal and to call for their exclusion from professions, public spaces, and society based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Moderation | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| LGBTQ+ Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.483 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Updated Meta content policies to permit anti-LGBTQ+ speech
As part of the January 2025 content moderation changes announced by Zuckerberg, Meta's updated Community Standards now expressly permit users to describe LGBTQ+ people as mentally ill or abnormal and to call for their exclusion from professions, public spaces, and society based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.