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On January 7, 2025, Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, including the end of third-party fact-checking in the U.S., and rollbacks to its hate speech policy globally that removed protections for women, people of color, trans people, and more. These policy shifts signified a dramatic reversal of content moderation standards the company had built over nearly a decade.

In response, a coalition of nonprofits — UltraViolet, All Out, and GLAAD — launched a new report and companion site, makemetasafe.org, that reveals adverse impacts of Meta’s U.S. fact-checking shutdown and hate speech policy rollbacks. Based on a survey of 7,000 active users across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads (primarily women and LGBTQ people), key findings include:

1 in 6 respondents report being the victim of gender-based or sexual violence on Meta platforms.
92% are concerned about harmful content increasing since the rollbacks.
72% see more hate targeting protected groups.
92% feel less protected from being exposed to or targeted by harmful content.
Over 25% say they have been targeted directly with hate or harassment.
66% have witnessed harmful content in their feeds.
77% feel less safe expressing themselves freely on Meta platforms.

Hate thrives where moderation dies. To read the full report, access key findings, and learn more about the campaign, please visit makemetasafe.org.