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Anything goes on Threads \u2014 including unfettered misinformation and hate speech.<\/p>\n

Both are rampant on Meta Platforms Inc.\u2019s
\n META,
\n -1.45%<\/bg-quote>
\n new Twitter-like app, which debuted last week and has been downloaded by more than 100 million people. <\/p>\n

Threads is overflowing with misinformation on the 2020 election,\u00a0COVID-19 and vaccines, and\u00a0gender-affirming care, according to\u00a0new research\u00a0<\/strong>from Media Matters. The app is an apparent victim of squishy content-moderation policies. <\/p>\n

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Meta launched Threads without the fact-checking program that aims to prevent the spread of misinformation on Facebook and Instagram, seemingly abandoning the anti-hate-speech policies that govern its other platforms, Media Matters said. <\/p>\n

\u201cA rush of extremist voices came to Threads \u2014 some of the same people on Twitter who drove so many disgruntled Twitter users to Threads,\u201d Kayla Gogarty, research director at Media Matters, said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Many of those figures, including Nazi sympathizers, anti-gay extremists and white supremacists, flocked to Threads last week and immediately began testing the platform\u2019s content-moderation limits. Gogarty said Meta has \u201cseemingly dropped any pretense of enforcing Instagram\u2019s\u00a0hate-speech\u00a0policy\u00a0that\u00a0prohibits\u00a0the anti-LGBTQ \u2018groomer\u2019 slur.\u201d <\/p>\n

This week, civil rights, online-justice and pro-democracy organizations sent a\u00a0letter\u00a0to Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other executives imploring the company to \u201cdevelop and share robust and equitable community trust, safety, and transparency policies specific to the use of Threads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anything goes on Threads \u2014 including unfettered misinformation and hate speech. Both are rampant on Meta Platforms Inc.\u2019s META, -1.45% new Twitter-like app, which debuted last week and has been downloaded by more than 100 million people. Threads is overflowing with misinformation on the 2020 election,\u00a0COVID-19 and vaccines, and\u00a0gender-affirming care, according to\u00a0new research\u00a0from Media Matters. 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