Meta will allow content associating LGBTQIA+ people with ‘mental abnormalities’

Changes to Meta’s Community Guidelines announced on Tuesday (07) will now allow, among other things: Posts linking LGBTQIA+ people to mental illness on their social networksAs the newspaper emphasized Sphere. Big Tech confirmed that the change will apply to all locations where it is available.

In the new version of the document, which addresses content from Facebook, Instagram and Threads, one of the highlighted sections features posts containing “accusations of mental abnormality related to gender or sexual orientation, especially when discussed in the context of religious or political debates.” . According to the company, such discussions are largely “cultural and political” in nature.

Rules for materials linking sex limitations for certain types of work, limitations based on sexual orientation including religious beliefs, and exclusions based on sex and gender in different contexts have also been changed. Meta also removed the restriction on claims that certain groups spread the Covid-19 virus.

With these changes, the technology giant We will not remove posts that link homosexuality to mental disorders or advocate the idea that women are not qualified for military service..

On the other hand, content that compares people to animals or pathogens, or insults physical appearance, mental capacity and character, remains prohibited.

Association goes to MPF against Meta

Following the release of major new tech guidelines allowing LGBTQIA+ people to be associated with mental illness. The National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (Antra) appealed to the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against Facebook’s controller. The organization was highly critical of the changes.

The association filed a complaint and demanded a response from the association, saying, “It is clear that anti-trans fanatics would be happy for their misinformation, attacks and lies to circulate freely on Facebook and Instagram. This has already happened on X and Telegram.” Brazilian authorities made changes.

As highlighted by Brazilian AgencyThe World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality and other sexual conditions from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems in 1990.