Do you think that the following statements violate LinkedIns policy forbidding speech that is based on prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or stereotypes about inherent traits or religious affiliation?[Africans] have never been civilized![Muslims] control the media.There are too many [black] women in this industry.Most [black] people have an uncontrollable urge to control [white] bodies.All [black] children have been indoctrinated since birth.You [black people] are all far worse than your ancestors.Youre fed up with [black] men being crap? Join the club then‚ I guess.[Islam] is corrupted by white supremacy.Theyre all awful things to say. Theyre all based on stereotypes. And they come from ignorance‚ at best; hatred‚ at worst. They seem to be forbidden by LinkedIns hateful-conduct policy‚ and we have no doubt that if these statements were made as written‚ LinkedIn would have removed them.But‚ as you can tell from the brackets‚ they werent made as written. Each of these statements put words like white‚ Jews‚ Europeans‚ or Christianity where the brackets are. LinkedIn ruled that none of the statements written that way violates its hateful-conduct policy.It only takes a few moments to find hundreds of statements like these on LinkedIn. There is an enormous community of diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion (DEI) consultants who post similar things regularly. They decry whiteness‚ which they often write as ?-ness to avoid spelling out the word white. They say that all white people (again‚ often written ?people) are uncivilized‚ racist‚ bigoted oppressors. They lament Jews purported control of the American media. They disparage Christianity and Christians.Despite its hateful-conduct policy‚ LinkedIn seems to have no problem with any of this. Within minutes of receiving reports about each of these statements‚ LinkedIn announced that its Trust &;amp; Safety Team reviewed the post and found that it does not go against our Professional Community Policies. LinkedIn approved all of them.We asked LinkedIns Corporate Communications Manager Brionna Ruff whether the statements would be removed if they appeared as they do above‚ with black substituted for white‚ Islam for Christianity‚ etc. She avoided the question and instead just referred us back to the policy with her hope that we may find [it] helpful.Its likely that LinkedIn would take the posts down if they appeared as they appear above. Theres no way LinkedIns left-leaning employees would tolerate statements against groups that rank highly in liberals oppression matrix. But‚ if thats the case‚ then LinkedIns policy is not a policy at all. Its a cover for hypocrisy.Next‚ the trainers provided a handout for teachers to locate themselves on an oppression matrix‚ which defines white heterosexual Protestant males as the privileged social groupor ";oppressors";and women‚ minorities‚ transgender‚ and LGBT people as the oppressed. pic.twitter.com/K3uy0gDAtv Christopher F. Rufo ?? (@realchrisrufo) January 20‚ 2021Terms like hate or bigotry are inherently subjective and prone to misuse. They have no fixed definitions and‚ as the 2023 Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index observed‚ can and will be interpreted according to the enforcers biases.LinkedIns bias is evident in the policy itself (even assuming equal and neutral enforcement): LinkedIn cares only about certain types of hateful speech. The policy forbids hateful speech about race and gender identity‚ for example‚ but does not apply to class or place of origin. It is not a violation to say‚ for example‚ that all poor people from Appalachia are backward and stupid.More evidence of LinkedIns bias: it reserves the sole and unreviewable discretion to preserve hateful speech if the speaker has personal experiences with racism‚ sexism‚ ableism‚ and other forms of prejudice or discrimination. That suggests that if youre a member of one of the groups that LinkedIn favors‚ you dont have to follow the same rules as everyone else.All of this raises the question: Could it really be that the Professional Community is as woke and hypocritical as those of other social media companies? LinkedIn is supposed to be the grown-up at the internet table.Sadly‚ that isnt true. LinkedIn is not only as woke as other social media companies‚ but probably even more so. And it doesnt hide it. On the contrary‚ LinkedIn devotes a great deal of its resources to publicizing its ideological bias. In fact‚ LinkedIn does more to publicize it than Facebook does and more than Twitter ever did.LinkedIn has pages and pages dedicated to showcasing its dedication to DEI: We realize diversity‚ inclusion‚ and belonging for our employees‚ members‚ and customers. It regularly publishes blogs touting its commitment to DEI. It produces hundreds of videos and classes to teach other people how important DEI is. It celebrates the DEI awards it wins from left-wing groups. And every year‚ LinkedIn celebrates the gains it made in visual diversity (diversity of thought‚ not mentioned).Each year‚ LinkedIn says‚ we take time to reflect on the pace of our progress toward building a more inclusive and equitable workplace. Does that apply to Jews‚ white people‚ and Christians? Does it apply to people who believe that character matters and color doesnt? No answer is apparent in LinkedIns diversity materials.LinkedIn does‚ however‚ provide an answer to the question What sort of diversity do you care about? Only race‚ gender‚ and disability. Those are the only categories of diversity that LinkedIns diversity report tracks.Meanwhile‚ LinkedIn celebrates dividing its employees into race- and sexuality-based employee resource groups. And it celebrates the leadership and talent development programs that it created only for members of systemically marginalized groups. Yes‚ discriminatory employment programs violate the nations civil rights laws‚ but LinkedIn seems to care as much about the law as it does about antisemitism and anti-white racism on its platform.The truth is that LinkedIn and its parent company Microsoft (which also devotes a great deal of its resources to its Diversity and Inclusion Journey) are just as woke as the apparently less serious social media companies. Perhaps even more so. And theyre just as unprincipled and hypocritical in their content moderation policies.For Microsoft and LinkedIn‚ a solution is at hand: Adopt commonsense recommendations‚ like those offered by the Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index to clean up their policies by eliminating unclear and imprecise terms and ensuring legitimate harms like bullying and harassment are objectively defined‚ equally enforced‚ and extended to everyone‚ regardless of their beliefs or personal traits. Microsoft has been given this opportunity for years‚ but thus far has refused to make even the most basic changes or disclosures.Lawmakers take note: Dont fall into the trap of thinking that LinkedIn is the grown-up social media company. If your sights rightly fall on Facebook‚ Instagram‚ X‚ and TikTok‚ they ought to fall on LinkedIn and Microsoft‚ too.The post DOUBLE STANDARD: LinkedIns Woke Content Moderation Hypocrisy appeared first on The Daily Signal.