Elon Musk’s Twitter No Longer Protects Transgender People from Abuse
It’s now okay to deadname and misgender trans people on the app, thanks to the free speech absolutist who banned people for insulting him.
April 18, 2023
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It’s now okay to deadname and misgender trans people on the app, thanks to the free speech absolutist who banned people for insulting him.
Elon Musk reversed the company’s reversal on prohibiting deadnaming and misgendering users, clarifying that it only applied in some places.
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks's misgendering of the top transgender federal government official violated Twitter's hateful conduct policy.
Whether through more moderators or a zero-tolerance policy, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat must end the racist, homophobic, and transphobic bullying proliferating in these mediums.
The education advocacy group GLSEN cited a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate that identified deficiencies in monitoring hateful content.
Twitter takes a stand against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on accepting blood from men who have had sex with men.
Elon Musk’s assertion that cisgender was a “heterosexual slur” sparks outrage and ridicule, even among his supporters.
The social media platform suspended The Babylon Bee for calling the transgender federal official its Man of the Year.
The former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, had been targeted by Musk in recent days.
The social media platform has become a breeding ground for right-wing hate, which the owner, Elon Musk caters to.
All five major platforms must do more to protect LGBTQ+ users, according to GLAAD's Social Media Safety Index Platform Scorecard.
A new study found that since Elon Musk acquired the social media platform, use of the false and hateful 'groomer' slur has increased exponentially on Twitter.
Hours after the Republican lawmaker from Georgia misgendered and deadnamed Dr. Rachel Levine on Twitter, the company labeled the tweet a violation but kept it up "in the public interest."
Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook stood idly by and allowed right-wing users to attack LGBTQ+ people as "groomers."
The two payment processors sent the owner of the Gays Against Groomers account notices that the accounts were immediately banned from the platforms.
The famous rock group once led by Freddie Mercury reminded the president of something called "copyright."
While her bigotry may be legal, Candace Owens learned it isn’t free.
After attacking the out journalist for moderating Sunday night's debate, homophobic social media posters still churn out venom on Twitter.
Twitter's ban on Milo Yiannapoulos has been too long in coming. It should not require national media attention for Twitter to act against harassment.
The new proclamation is full of anti-LGBT dog-whistles.