Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, Meta removes tampons and sanitary pads from men's bathrooms. Why is internet reacting?
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According to The New York Times, facilities managers across Meta’s offices in Silicon Valley, Texas, and New York were instructed to remove the menstrual products, which had previously been provided for non-binary and transgender employees. As per the reports, this move was part of Meta’s broader strategy to align its internal policies with the anticipated values of the incoming political leadership.
The company implemented a range of changes, such as eliminating transgender and nonbinary customisation options from its Messenger app and revising its «Hateful Conduct» guidelines. In a major policy shift, Meta ended its US fact-checking program and introduced a community-based notes system, inspired by the model used on X. CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the move, stating that traditional fact-checking had been perceived as politically biased and had undermined public trust.
Zuckerberg also acknowledged that the company's content moderation practices had become overly restrictive. To restore free expression, he announced plans to ease speech restrictions across Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. As per the reports, the revised moderation guidelines would allow posts expressing hatred toward certain races, religions, and sexual orientations, as well as claims linking mental illness to gender or sexual orientation.
The policy changes at Meta triggered internal dissent, according to reports. On the company’s internal platform, Workplace, members of the @Pride group, which advocates for
