LGBTQ+ Meta staff reportedly taking time off for ‘mental illness’ after hate speech policy change

LGBTQ+ Meta employees are reportedly calling themselves mentally ill and taking time off of work following the company’s hate speech policy change. 

Meta’s decision to allow users to comment that LGBTQ+ people have “mental illness” has sparked backlash from the company’s queer employees. 

On Tuesday (7 January) Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads – announced a raft of changes to the company’s content policy. 

Included in the changes is the removal of independent fact checkers and moderation, meaning means social media users can call LGBTQ+ folks mentally ill because of their sexuality and gender identity.

Founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg. (Getty)

“We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and

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