Research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that racist and abusive comments targeting U.S. lawmakers tripled on Facebook in the six months after Meta relaxed its content moderation policies in 2024. Violent threats and hate speech quadrupled during the same period, with the surge in abuse correlating directly to Meta's reduction in proactive content moderation enforcement.
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Research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that racist and abusive comments targeting U.S. lawmakers tripled on Facebook in the six months after Meta relaxed its content moderation policies in 2024. Violent threats and hate speech quadrupled during the same period, with the surge in abuse correlating directly to Meta's reduction in proactive content moderation enforcement.