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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/caseynewton/statuses/113824110451855136">Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 03:24:40 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton" title="caseynewton@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/61006-48-20240126011805.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Casey Newton" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Casey Newton</a></section><article><p>NEW: The head of Facebook Messenger has a non-binary child and last week assured employees that Meta would work to preserve queer voices. Two days later the company deleted its trans and non-binary pride themes in Messenger <a href="https://www.platformer.news/meta-trump-pivot-messenger-themes-labor-zuckerberg-wishlist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.platformer.news/meta-trump-pivot-messenger-themes-labor-zuckerberg-wishlist/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4374201#notice-8554602">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-15T03:24:40+09:00" title="Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 03:24:40 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/113824110451855136" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/113824110451855136">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3914807">Under the company’s new content policies, moderators were told to begin allowing dehumanizing speech such as "This whole nonbinary thing is made up. Those people don't exist, they're just in need of some therapy."“I know these examples are difficult to read — they sure are for me,” wrote Crisan, who is also a sponsor of Meta’s LGBTQ employee resource group. “That said, it's important to separate what we believe is right from what can be said on our platforms. Honestly, as a parent of a non-binary kid, I want nothing more than for my child to be seen and accepted. But I recognize that shutting down all speech I might find hurtful can have the opposite effect. At best, the lack of dialog changes no hearts. At worst, it hardens them. I know we're all hurting from LGBTQ+ rights being politicized for so long, but I also know that our platforms have given all of us a voice and will continue to do so.”</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/824/110/182/791/809/original/092653cf659db363.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/824/110/182/791/809/original/092653cf659db363.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.platformer.news</div><h5><a href="https://www.platformer.news/meta-trump-pivot-messenger-themes-labor-zuckerberg-wishlist/">Meta goes mask-off</a></h5><div> from <span>@CaseyNewton</span></div></header><div>Scenes from a Trump transition</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 03:24:40 JST Casey Newton
NEW: The head of Facebook Messenger has a non-binary child and last week assured employees that Meta would work to preserve queer voices. Two days later the company deleted its trans and non-binary pride themes in Messenger https://www.platformer.news/meta-trump-pivot-messenger-themes-labor-zuckerberg-wishlist/
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1. Under the company’s new content policies, moderators were told to begin allowing dehumanizing speech such as "This whole nonbinary thing is made up. Those people don't exist, they're just in need of some therapy." “I know these examples are difficult to read — they sure are for me,” wrote Crisan, who is also a sponsor of Meta’s LGBTQ employee resource group. “That said, it's important to separate what we believe is right from what can be said on our platforms. Honestly, as a parent of a non-binary kid, I want nothing more than for my child to be seen and accepted. But I recognize that shutting down all speech I might find hurtful can have the opposite effect. At best, the lack of dialog changes no hearts. At worst, it hardens them. I know we're all hurting from LGBTQ+ rights being politicized for so long, but I also know that our platforms have given all of us a voice and will continue to do so.”
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