Meta has implemented significant revisions to its policies regarding "hateful conduct," granting users more leeway in expressing potentially offensive views on its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Following Mark Zuckerberg's announcement about these changes in content oversight, several key modifications have been made.

Among the alterations, specific prohibitions against referring to transgender and non-binary individuals as “it” have been rescinded. Moreover, a new clause indicates that allegations of mental illness or abnormality based on gender or sexual orientation are permissible, reflecting what Meta describes as common political and religious discourse surrounding issues of transgender identities and homosexuality. This section also reveals that the platform will allow discussions that may include calls for exclusion or the use of derogatory language, particularly within the context of contentious political topics such as transgender rights and immigration.

While Meta's existing policies continue to prohibit content that dehumanizes groups of individuals based on their protected characteristics or immigration status, the updates imply that users might now draw comparisons of women to household items or make derogatory references that liken people to waste or pathogens. There is also a suggestion that asserting statements like "transgender people do not exist" is now acceptable.

Additionally, warnings against self-identifying as racist, homophobic, or Islamophobic have been eliminated, along with restrictions on hateful language that includes vulgar insults. The adjustments to these policies may also open the door for terminology deemed offensive, such as referring to the coronavirus as the "China virus," a phrase previously popularized by the US president-elect, Donald Trump.