California Pride Flag Suspected Killer Had Hateful Online Presence
Experts have warned for months that the increase in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric pushed by those on the right would lead to acts of violence.
August 23, 2023
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Experts have warned for months that the increase in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric pushed by those on the right would lead to acts of violence.
It’s the latest attack on transgender people by Elon Musk’s company.
Since buying Twitter, the billionaire has acted eratically on his rebranded social media platform.
Libs of TikTok celebrated the suspension, but on Wednesday, Alejandra Caraballo’s X account had been reinstated but was locked.
After Kamala Harris announced her candidacy, users on X found it difficult to follow her campaign account.
Even accounts that engaged with the company were suspended, Pink Media’s president told The Advocate.
Rachel Maddow called out design flaws on X, as misinformation and dubious account promotions fuel the Israel-Gaza War discourse.
The thin-skinned billionaire joined Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik to attack LGBTQ+ people on the platform.
The owner of the platform formerly known as Twitter continues to engage with the hate account.
It's not the first time for the far-right social media account known for its false claims.
Elon Musk’s assertion that cisgender was a “heterosexual slur” sparks outrage and ridicule, even among his supporters.
Elon Musk reversed the company’s reversal on prohibiting deadnaming and misgendering users, clarifying that it only applied in some places.
The education advocacy group GLSEN cited a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate that identified deficiencies in monitoring hateful content.
The group is the latest community call contributing to Kamala Harris's presidential campaign.
Libs of TikTok and other far-right influencers aren't happy with the responses they are getting on Grok.
House Speaker Mike Johnson provided details to conservative social media figures before the public announcement, raising concerns about transparency and the influence of digital creators in politics.
“It is unfortunate that it took Meta months, and multiple high-profile posts with anti-LGBTQ slurs and hate, to finally make good on fully enforcing its own hate speech policies for accounts like this,” GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate, responding to Valentina Gomez's account being disabled.
A New York City judge has spoken out after being fired from his job in a move that made headlines.
X reportedly received between $10 and $2,500 to promote a post calling for LGBTQ+ people to receive the death penalty.
The lawsuit comes as Musk publicly endorsed the anti-Semitic claim that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.”
"This is the final straw," Musk wrote on X, reacting to California's recent law banning the forced outing of LGBTQ+ youth in schools.