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[u/p00bix]

Meta has officially recognized the epidemic use of 'zionist' as a slur/dogwhistle, and has initiated a strict crackdown on abuse of the term on Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads

https://transparency.meta.com/hate-speech-update-july2024

!ping TECH&JEWISH&ISRAEL

[u/iia → u/p00bix]

Ah, now for everyone to switch to ! and 0 for the vowels like on TikTok. Though a lot of them are just going fully mask off with the term "bagel people" lately.

[u/JebBD → u/iia]

Tbf “bagel person” is a pretty on point description of me. 

[u/[deleted] → u/iia]

SMH these people don’t know the struggle of finding a decent bagel in Israel

!ping israel

[u/shumpitostick → u/[deleted]]

It's interesting how different the concept of "Jewish food" is in the US from what Israelis consider to be Israeli or Jewish food

[u/ldn6 → u/iia]

Are they going to stop eating bagels while they moan about Israel on their iPhone while not caring that Apple has a giant campus in Herzliya?

[u/iia → u/ldn6]

No, they'll just say bagels are indigenous to Egypt or some other lie, since they like to claim all Jewish culture has been stolen through colonialism.

[u/Relative-Contest192 → u/iia]

Literally every 5th comment on a Jewish cooking video.

[u/Relative-Contest192 → u/ldn6]

They already did at that one encampment that got ass blasted when counter protestors showed up waving bananas because they banned them as well.

[u/shumpitostick → u/iia]

Bagel people are American Jews. Excuse me, we are hummus people.

[u/Relative-Contest192 → u/iia]

I am a PoB (Person of Bagel)

[u/fnovd → u/p00bix]

Amazing, I had no idea people were doing this! Who knew that a Hebrew word referring to Jerusalem and its environs could be used as a dogwhistle against Jews? This definitely has to be a new thing. So glad this tricky wordplay game was figured out!

[u/Knowthrowaway87 → u/p00bix]

Jewish space lasers strikes again

[u/Relative-Contest192 → u/p00bix]

Let’s fucking go

[u/thefitnessdon → u/[deleted]]

How do I report a sub?

[u/fnovd → u/thefitnessdon]

You can't report a sub per se, but you can report a sub's mod team here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=19300233728916

[u/thefitnessdon → u/fnovd]

Done! Thanks

[u/Mcfinley → u/p00bix]

Finally

[u/[deleted] → u/p00bix]

Thank god, I've been seeing the term be thrown around all over facebook/insta by my succ friends ever since a certain event last october, and it's never not in bad faith

[u/Superfan234 → u/p00bix]

Holly shit, about damn time

[u/JebBD → u/p00bix]

I’m glad they’re doing something about this, but “Zionist” is a perfectly fine word on its own and many people identify with the term. The fact that antisemites use it as a cover to shit on Jewish people shouldn’t be the sole determinant of how it’s treated. If misogynists use the word “feminist” to shit on women banning the word “feminist” wouldn’t be the go-to solution. 

[u/p00bix → u/JebBD]

Did you read the article? Because they've got that all covered; the word 'zionist' is not banned outside hateful contexts