Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, dropped some LGBTQ protections from its hate speech rules Tuesday amid a wider overhaul of the social media giant’s content moderation practices. Under its newly updated policies on hateful conduct,

Meta will allow its billions of social media users to accuse people of being mentally ill based on their sexuality or gender identity.

The revised policy maintains bans on insults targeting intellect or mental health but introduces an exception for allegations tied to sexual orientation or gender identity. These allowances reflect the political and religious discourse around LGBTQ+ issues and the casual use of terms like “weird.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta will now let users call gay people “mentally ill,” describe women as property and refer to transgender people as “it.” In an apparent attempt to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump,

The parent company to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads revises its hateful conduct policy to 'allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.'

The tech giant overhauled Facebook, Instagram, and Threads' Hateful Conduct policy to be much more permissive.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the changes in a Facebook video on Tuesday, in which he confirmed that sweeping policy changes would soon be implemented “globally.” Zuckerb