Advocates for the LGBTQ community noticed that Twitter recently changed its harmful content policy, noting that a sentence protecting transgender people is now missing.
“We prohibit targeting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to dehumanize, degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category. This includes targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” according to an archive of the previous policy.
GLAAD, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ rights, noticed the last sentence prohibiting misgendering or deadnaming of transgender people is now missing. GLAAD condemned Twitter’s changes. Organization president Sarah Kate Ellis said targeted misgendering and deadnaming are considered forms of hate speech. “Twitter’s decision to covertly roll back its longtime policy is the latest example of just how unsafe the company is for users and advertisers alike,” Ellis said.
Twitter responded to Scripps News’ request for comment with a poop emoji. Twitter acknowledged earlier this week that it has changed its policy, saying it is adding “more transparency to the enforcement actions” it takes on tweets that violate its policy. “As a first step, soon you’ll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we’ve limited their visibility,” Twitter said. “These actions will be taken at a tweet level only and will not affect a user’s account. Restricting the reach of Tweets helps reduce binary ‘leave up versus take down’ content moderation decisions and supports our freedom of speech vs freedom of reach approach.”Trending stories at Scrippsnews.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Meet the victims, kin and advocates who testified before the Alvin Bragg House panelJose Alba joined the families of other crime victims and their supporters Monday in railing against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Read more »
Kim Kardashian Visits California Prison As She Advocates For Criminal Justice ReformThe socialite explained how she hoped to “leverage” her platform “to help change lives and laws.”
Read more »
Advocates make an economic-development case for improving Alaska trailsTrails are places for people to relax, exercise and have fun outdoors. Now their advocates in Alaska are increasingly promoting another aspect of trails: their contributions to the economy. Via AlaskaBeacon
Read more »
University of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ task force makes demands, including trans-inclusive healthcare and housingThe University of Pittsburgh’s LGTBQ task force posted several demands for the university to implement in conjunction with a call to organize a “walk-out' on Tuesday.
Read more »
Advocates make an economic-development case for improving Alaska’s outdoor trailsTrails are places for people to relax, exercise and have fun outdoors. Now their advocates in Alaska are increasingly promoting another aspect of trails: their contributions to the economy. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Read more »
Washington Becomes Sixth State to Pass Shield Law Protecting Trans ResidentsIn response to far-right lawmakers introducing a slew of anti-trans legislation over the past few months, Washington has become the sixth state to pass a law protecting access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care within its borders
Read more »