Whether ‘Jewish people are greedier than Christians' is up for debate, says Meta executive
Chris Yiu, a public policy director at the social media giant, told MPs on Parliament's Science and Technology Committee that such statements were 'difficult' but were part of 'mainstream discourse'.
MPs questioned the Meta executive on Tuesday about changes to its moderation rules, which included a loosening of its hate speech restrictions on topics including gender identity and immigration.
Leaked guidelines for Facebook and Instagram's internal moderators included a list of inflammatory phrases that are now allowed under its updated policies.
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