Meta to remove more posts targeting ‘Zionists’ after updating hate speech policy

Meta announced Tuesday that it updated its hate speech policy such that it will remove more posts targeting “Zionists” after a review found the term often appears in speech that dehumanizes Jews and Israelis, calls for their harm or denies their existence.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram explained the change in a post on its Transparency Center blog, noting that the move comes after it has reviewed the term “Zionist” on other occasions in recent years before it was examined in Meta’s Policy Forum in March. Meta said that, “The word ‘Zionist’ has layers of meaning based on its origins and usage today, and may also be highly dependent on context