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Meta Speech Rule Rollback Leads to Tripled Political Threats on Facebook — CCDH Study Finds Violent Threats Quadruple Against US Lawmakers in Six Months After Hate-Enforcement Cuts
A Center for Countering Digital Hate report documented that abusive and racist posts targeting US legislators tripled within six months of Meta removing automated hate-speech enforcement in January 2025, with violent threats specifically quadrupling; threats against President Trump doubled from 800 to 1,900 posts on Facebook in the same window. Meta replaced its AI-driven automated content moderation with a Community Notes model under chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan's stated rationale that the company had been 'over-enforcing' and 'censoring too much trivial content.' The Wired investigation covers both Republican and Democrat lawmakers as targets of the surge in threatening content.
Since Meta relaxed its content moderation rules, violent threats against lawmakers (including Trump) have surged on Facebook.
Meta denies that hate speech on FB is up.
The company declined to comment on the examples we…
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In 2025 Meta relaxed its rules around abusive content on its platforms. The reaction was instant.
In the six months after the rules came into force violent threats and harrassment against US lawmakers—including Tru…
Original headline:Meta Speech Rule Rollback Leads to Tripled Political Threats on Facebook — CCDH Study Finds Violent Threats Quadruple Against US Lawmakers in Six Months After Hate-Enforcement Cuts
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