Metro's columnist Ugla says Meta's new hate speech guidelines are chilling - they say it should serve as a wake up call for us all.
I don’t understand how the people enacting these policies can sleep at night I’ve been called just about every name under the sun on social media. As a transgender woman and someone who is a vocal campaigner for LGBT+ rights, it’s now at a point where all the abuse I receive online doesn’t mean anything anymore because it’s become so commonplace. All that to say, I’ve become desensitised to being repeatedly dehumanised, abused and discriminated against.
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