Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes [404 Media] (www.404media.co)
from theangriestbird@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org on 10 Jan 22:52
https://beehaw.org/post/17970281

Meta deleted nonbinary and trans themes for its Messenger app this week, around the same time that the company announced it would change its rules to allow users to declare that LGBTQ+ people are “mentally ill,” 404 Media has learned.

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troyunrau@lemmy.ca on 10 Jan 23:11 next collapse

It begins. Fascism requires enemies within and without.

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech on 11 Jan 00:08 next collapse

Just making it clear that it wasn’t about freedom of expression or speech. True freedom of speech would mean keeping these even if it made other people uncomfortable.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 11 Jan 00:46 next collapse

I agree with you, but true free speech also gives Facebook the right to choose its own themes. I’d vote with my feet on this one, but I already abandoned Facebook years ago.

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech on 11 Jan 01:07 next collapse

Oh I know, it’s just that they said they’re removing moderation for “free speech” and then remove one of the ways you can express themselves. Just hypocritical.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 11 Jan 02:28 collapse

For sure. Any social media company that says they’re pro free speech is just posturing at best. They have full dictator control of their systems.

krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Jan 01:09 collapse

Facebook’s free speech, not yours.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 11 Jan 02:27 collapse

Yes. I don’t have any guaranteed speech rights on Facebook.

krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Jan 15:03 collapse

I am well aware. However, it’s a bit misleading to rebrand yourself as a free speech platform but limit the speech you don’t like.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 11 Jan 18:43 collapse

I agree.

[deleted] on 11 Jan 23:17 collapse

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aedyr@lemmy.ca on 11 Jan 01:29 next collapse

Zuck scrambling to be a bootlicker for the incoming administration.

roadrunnerr@lemm.ee on 11 Jan 08:06 collapse

Trump has been pro gay marriage 100 percent of his presidency, as per the 60 minutes interview he did just a few days after being elected in ‘16. The previous President can’t say the same. Why didn’t these huge bootlicking efforts of removing profile icons happen in 2017-2020 during his first term?

I’m not disagreeing that could be what’s happening here to some degree but I’m also not 100 percent convinced that Trump is going to take notice of a small UI/profile customization change in an app he almost certainly doesn’t use with any regularity himself.

i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Jan 22:23 collapse

Being pro gay marriage and pro transgender are completely different things.

[deleted] on 11 Jan 08:27 next collapse

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PanArab@lemm.ee on 11 Jan 22:38 next collapse

Corporations have no lasting value or moral.

westyvw@lemm.ee on 11 Jan 23:21 next collapse

They are getting ready to roll out the Hate and Bigotry themes.

Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org on 12 Jan 01:07 collapse

All the more reason to leave anything Facebook related.