We already knew that social networks and online platforms are not the most benevolent tools for minorities, especially for LGBTQI+ communities. But second HAPPYan American association that denounces attacks and discrimination against people in the Twitter community would be worse than the others.
In its annual survey of LBGTQI+ people’s safety on social media, the association gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or low scores, saying the platforms would not do enough to keep their users safe. That said, if most improved within a yearfor its part, Twitter is deteriorating.
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Twitter is getting worse in terms of protecting LGBT+ people
And for good reason, since the platform was bought by billionaire Elon Musk last October, people in the LGBTQI+ community are more likely to fall victim to hateful harassment. ” It doesn’t happen not a week without having a situation of doxxing a member of our community, that we must help fight against the hate and attacks they receive GLAAD president says in the study, Sarah Kate Ellis.
Especially transgender people. Because since April 8, the conditions of use of the social network have evolved. In a section dedicated to the fight against discrimination and hatred, a press release specifying the prohibition of misgendering and citing the deadname of transgender people was REMOVEDreported the tech media The limit. A vision of full freedom of expression “According to Elon Musk, who himself has already shared many transphobic remarks on the platform.
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