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Facebook announces changes to its language policy
Facebook announced changes to its language policy today, which will now require that all posts on Facebook’s own platform and third parties’ apps must not include certain terms or phrases. The list of terms includes “Muslim,” “Latinx,” and “Zionist.” The company says that these terms have become popular among hate groups, and have been used by neo-Nazis to attack minorities online.
Facebook says this is the first step toward a larger effort to clean up hate speech online. The new policy will be implemented soon.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 as a social network for college students. Over the years, its users have grown to include hundreds of millions of people. In the United States, its top rankers are on par with Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat on our list of top 10 most popular social networks. The billionaire also owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
The company regularly appears in the headlines over issues such as election interference, fake news, and sexual harassment.
1. What Facebook says
How to adapt your marketing strategy to the new policy
As a business owner, you’ll want to modify your marketing strategy. Instead of saying the “pay it forward” slogan we’ve all used in social media, you’ll be able to say something like, “pay it forward for tolerance and inclusion of all.” In addition, people will no longer be able to use the phrase “Mexican invasion” in their comments, except when referring to Mexico. In those cases, you’ll still be able to respond with a comment about Mexican food, or the country of Mexico. As a business owner, it will be difficult to find a way to promote your business as an advocate for inclusivity.
Facebook will no longer let you say, “How to be a better friend,” “How to recognize the signs of depression,” or any other medical symptoms. Remember: We now have political correctness for everything.
These are just a few of the changes Facebook is making to fight hate. However, you’ll find it hard to fight against certain language like, “this picture drives me crazy.” This phrase is allowed because it does not target a specific group of people, but rather should be taken as more of an opinion statement.
Crying, “this is the best picture ever taken” is also allowed. However, we cannot say anything that can be construed as being offensive or hateful toward any group of people. According to Facebook, the word “slut,” in regards to the female body, will now be banned from your timeline.
The benefits of using Facebook in multiple languages
The changes have the potential to limit businesses’ reach on platforms, especially those targeted at specific populations. But with Facebook’s expansion into multiple languages and countries, businesses can still reach more people. These changes will only affect the English-language postings of businesses that use Facebook as their primary marketing platform. Businesses that use Facebook to target people in other languages are still able to do so. 5. A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL MEDIA If social media companies continue down this path of censorship, we could see a shift from large, powerful corporations policing our language to different groups policing the conversations: political parties, religious groups and private citizens.
Technology and media companies should work together to create standards that protect freedom of expression while discouraging hate speech on their platforms. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, but hate speech has no place in the public sphere. While these changes may prove to be unpopular with some groups, they are a necessary step in protecting freedom of expression online. This will not change how you interact with your friends and family on Facebook, but it will help create a global community that is more respectful and supportive.
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Tips for creating multilingual content on Facebook
If you’re a business owner and you want to get around the Facebook changes, consider using Instagram and Facebook Messenger. But if you’re a user, it might be best to just not use Facebook at all. 6. CONCLUSION We do not want to see a world without social media platforms. The internet is an incredibly powerful tool that can make change in every country in every language. If we want people to be able to understand us and our message, we need our messages repeated in different languages by different people . . . in different countries. Enrich your Facebook page with more than one language, and you will attract new followers in countries where Facebook is a foreign language.
from a youtube video: “we are seeing so much facebook hate that it is good to see several facebook users want to come together in peace and not create war against each other” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDY9T64Igjo&feature=youtu.be
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