Meta's global policy chief stated, "It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress but not on our platforms."

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, dropped some LGBTQ protections from its hate speech rules Tuesday amid a wider overhaul of the social media giant’s content moderation

The social media giant will now allow users to question the mental health of LGBTQ people and compare minorities to diseases.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has revised its hate speech guidelines to allow users to describe LGBTQ people as mentally ill. The change was announced in new guidelines released Tuesday by the media outfit.

The full impact of Meta’s “community management” approach to moderation remains to be seen, but social media creators will feel this shift acutely.

Tech giant Meta has rolled back restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, a sweeping move advocacy groups fear will fuel hate speech."Removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta's platforms unsafe places,

LGBTQ+ Meta employees are reportedly calling themselves mentally ill and taking time off of work following the company’s hate speech policy change. Meta’s decision to allow users to comment that LGBTQ+ people have “mental illness” has sparked backlash from the company’s queer employees.