Meta has updated its content moderation policies, allowing – starting in the U.S. – speech on its platforms like Facebook and Instagram that depicts LGBT+ people as being mentally ill and promotes harmful stereotypes under the guise of "political discourse." These changes threaten the safety and dignity of LGBT+ communities worldwide.

The move by Meta will copy Elon Musk’s approach on X, with the replacement of professional fact checkers with so-called ‘community notes’. It is a cynical move designed to cosy up to the incoming Trump administration. This is all about Meta’s financial bottom line.

Meta's "Hateful Conduct" policy, which covers discussions on gender and sexual orientation now says it allows "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like 'weird.'"
The policy no longer prevents users from saying things like “women are household objects or property” or calling transgender or non-binary people ‘it’.

Previously, such comments would have been subject to removal under the policy.

By normalizing such speech, Meta risks increasing hate and discrimination against LGBT+ people. This policy shift will have global implications, especially in countries with weak hate speech protections, exposing vulnerable groups to further harm.

We need to act now to protect LGBT+ people from the dangerous consequences of Meta's policies. Sign this petition to urge Meta's leadership to reverse these harmful changes and uphold its responsibility to ensure safe and inclusive online spaces for everyone. Your signature will directly pressure Meta to prioritize human rights over harmful rhetoric.

This campaign is signed by All Out, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), EDRi - European Digital Rights, Bits of Freedom, SUPERRR Lab, Danes je nov dan, Corporación Caribe Afirmativo, Fundación Polari, Asociación Red Nacional de Consejeros, Consejeras y Consejeres de Paz LGBTIQ+, La Junta Marica, Asociación por las Infancias Transgénero, Coletivo LGBTQIAPN+ Somar, Coletivo Viveração, and ADT - Associação da Diversidade Tabuleirense, Casa Marielle Franco Brasil, Articulação Brasileira de Gays - ARTGAY, Centro de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente Padre, Marcos Passerini-CDMP, Agência Ambiental Pick-upau, Núcleo Ypykuéra, Kurytiba Metropole, ITTC - Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania.