Hungary: Meta failed to stop anti-LGBTI content on Facebook
Amnesty says Facebook left violent and dehumanizing posts visible despite reported harms, and it urges the European Commission to test Meta’s compliance with EU rules.
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Meta under fire as Facebook fails to remove homophobic abuse in Hungary
Homophobic and hateful content on Facebook was a contributing driver of psychological distress for the LGBTQI community in Hungary, who were already the target of former prime minister Viktor Orbán’s gender-war policies.
Hungary: Meta failed to stop anti-LGBTI content on Facebook
This press release contains information that some readers may find upsetting Meta failed to address harmful rhetoric on Facebook against the LGBTI community in Hungary by ineffectively applying its own moderation policies, a new Amnesty International briefing shows. ‘It erodes my soul’: Meta’s contribution to anti-LGBTI discourse in Hungary, shows how Meta’s policy decisions, including […]
This press release contains information that may affect the sensitivity of some Meta readers to the harmful comments made on Facebook against the LGBTI community in Hungary, due to a failure to apply its own rules of moderation, Amnesty International writes in a new synthesis.
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