Meta's Reduced Content Moderation Tied to Surge in Antisemitic Posts, Australian Inquiry Told

Australia's Royal Commission on Antisemitism heard testimony July 6, 2026 linking Meta's January 2025 shift away from proactive content filtering to increased antisemitic material across its platforms. Meta's director defended the change as protecting legitimate speech from wrongful removal. A commission counsel noted that witnesses who testified faced subsequent harassment on Facebook—evidence, critics argue, of the policy's tangible harms.