LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says
2 years, 5 months ago

LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report issued Wednesday from advocacy group GLAAD found. “The reality is, there’s very little transparency and very little accountability,” said Jenni Olson, GLAAD’s director for social media safety and author of the report. “And people feel helpless.” Los Angeles resident Peter Sapinsky, a gay musician who said he has faced harassment in the online gaming community, shared screenshots with The Associated Press of dozens of messages he’s sent to YouTube about users and videos that use racist and homophobic slurs. “For someone who says they don’t allow hate on the website, they sure do.” Hateful or violent speech directed at members of the LGBTQ community is prohibited on the platform, YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon said.

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Half of LGBT+ people say they are bullied or harassed at work, survey shows
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Half of LGBT+ people say they are bullied or harassed at work, survey shows

The Independent  

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Canadian LGBTQ community denounces alarming rise in attacks
4 months, 1 week ago

Canadian LGBTQ community denounces alarming rise in attacks

Hindustan Times  

Members of Canada's LGBTQ community have denounced a resurgence of "hateful comments and attacks," including seeing rainbow flags burned, Pride marches disrupted and increasing violence targeting them all a stark contrast to the country's reputation of tolerance. Canadian LGBTQ community denounces alarming rise in attacks {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} For years, many parts of the country have been considered a …

US activists worry about ‘losing major asset’ TikTok as potential ban looms
6 months, 3 weeks ago

US activists worry about ‘losing major asset’ TikTok as potential ban looms

Al Jazeera  

Recent decisions by US gov’t and platforms have made organising on TikTok and Instagram much harder for activists. For the last two years, he’s used TikTok and Instagram as a means to spread the word about climate marches and real-life ways people can get involved and fight to take on climate change. Limits on Meta and X The US government’s …

A new social media platform as a safe space for the queer community
9 months, 1 week ago

A new social media platform as a safe space for the queer community

Live Mint  

Social media platforms never felt safe for 29-year-old Sameer*, a transman, who faced constant harassment. Two weeks ago, he came across the Pride+ app, a social media platform exclusively for the LGBTQIA+ community and felt this could be it. “The idea was to create a social media platform for the queer community’s professional and personal use. In a world where …

Musk’s X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Musk’s X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform

Associated Press  

Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech traded arguments in court Thursday after the social media platform sued the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate for documenting the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk. X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges the center’s researchers violated the site’s …

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gay, teenaged and online: LGBTQ+ Indians fight for safe space

The Hindu  

The suicide of a 16-year-old Indian boy who hit a wall of online abuse after posting selfies in saris and makeup has galavanised calls for social media giants to better protect LGBTQ+ Indians. "In India, the online abuse faced by LGBTQ+ creators, predominantly on Instagram, is pervasive and includes death threats, hate speech, rape threats, bullying and other forms of …

Nikki Haley walks back her demand that social media ban anonymous posters after facing GOP backlash
1 year, 1 month ago

Nikki Haley walks back her demand that social media ban anonymous posters after facing GOP backlash

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nikki Haley on Wednesday partially walked back her proposed requirement that social media companies ban people from posting anonymously online for national security reasons, a stance for which she drew backlash across conservative social media and some of her GOP presidential rivals. “When you do that, all of a sudden people have to stand by what they …

LGBTQ+ people in Ethiopia blame attacks on their community on inciteful and lingering TikTok videos
1 year, 4 months ago

LGBTQ+ people in Ethiopia blame attacks on their community on inciteful and lingering TikTok videos

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical attacks and blame much of it on the social media platform TikTok, which they say is failing to take down posts calling for homosexual and transgender people to be whipped, stabbed and killed. A local LGBTQ+ support group, House of Guramayle, said …

X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speech
1 year, 4 months ago

X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speech

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy X, the social media platform …

Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

The Hindu  

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over …

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal …

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hate tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hate tweets

Al Jazeera  

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. A lawyer representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over …

The US Is Exporting Anti-LGBTQ Hate Online
1 year, 5 months ago

The US Is Exporting Anti-LGBTQ Hate Online

Wired  

About once a fortnight, David Ermes gets an email from a journalist or fact checker along the lines of “Boys have to dress up as girls in queer week at school, is it true?” “Of course I can say it’s not true—it isn’t even lawful, since we don’t have school uniforms,” says Ermes, who is head of communications at the …

'BEWARE of Twitter': Report tags platform as the worst major social media platform for LGBTQ+ community
1 year, 6 months ago

'BEWARE of Twitter': Report tags platform as the worst major social media platform for LGBTQ+ community

India TV News  

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the platforms don’t do enough to keep their …

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD

The Hindu  

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. “There isn’t a week that goes by that we don’t have a doxxing situation for somebody in our community that we have to come in and help them …

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. It’s like backyard dogfights.” Ellis lamented that before the takeover, Twitter was a “leader” among major social media platforms when it comes to protecting LGBTQ+ …

Elon Musk promotes transphobic content as hate speech surges on his far-right platform
1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk promotes transphobic content as hate speech surges on his far-right platform

The Independent  

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Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups. Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person’s name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form …

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

The Independent  

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LGBTQ dating app Grindr warns users of imposters in Egypt
1 year, 8 months ago

LGBTQ dating app Grindr warns users of imposters in Egypt

Firstpost  

Cairo: A popular gay social networking application said Friday that it is issuing a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to target LGBTQ+ individuals. Please take extra caution online and offline, including with accounts that may have seemed legitimate in the past.” Egypt, though it technically does not outlaw homosexuality, frequently prosecutes members of the …

GOP leader’s LGBTQ social media activity called hypocrisy
1 year, 9 months ago

GOP leader’s LGBTQ social media activity called hypocrisy

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican lieutenant governor has apologized after revelations that he interacted on social media to nearly nude photos of a young gay model as well as other posts by the man and other LGBTQ personalities, even as the lawmaker has led a Senate that has passed bills targeting the LGBTQ community. Shortly after McNally’s online interactions were …

Mideast, North Africa governments targeting LGBTQ people online, rights group says
1 year, 10 months ago

Mideast, North Africa governments targeting LGBTQ people online, rights group says

LA Times  

Governments in the Middle East and North Africa are using dating apps like Grindr to crack down on LGBTQ people, a rights group says. Security agencies and government officials in countries across the Middle East and North Africa have been using social media platforms and mobile dating apps to crack down on LGBTQ people, a rights group said Tuesday. “This …

Anti-LGBTQ Hate Thrives Online, Spurs Fears Of More Violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ Hate Thrives Online, Spurs Fears Of More Violence

Huff Post  

FILE - Attendees congregate at a rally against gender-affirming care at War Memorial Plaza in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 21, 2022. Hate speech and threats of violence targeting transgender people and other LGBTQ individuals is thriving on social media and spurring fears of more violence. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech …

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

Associated Press  

In the days after a gunman killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month, much of social media lit up with the now familiar expressions of grief, mourning and disbelief. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of violence directed at LGBTQ people, groups and events, …

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates …

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

LA Times  

Attendees congregate at a rally against gender-affirming care at War Memorial Plaza in Nashville on Oct. 21. Hate speech and threats of violence targeting transgender people and other LGBTQ individuals is thriving on social media and spurring fears of more violence. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of …

The Anti-Trans Hate Account That Bari Weiss Says Is Yet Another Right-Wing Voice Censored by Twitter
2 years ago

The Anti-Trans Hate Account That Bari Weiss Says Is Yet Another Right-Wing Voice Censored by Twitter

Slate  

On Thursday night, the latest installment of what CEO Elon Musk has dubbed the “Twitter Files” was published on the social media platform, this time with a bombshell-promising thread from former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss, who now runs an online magazine called the Free Press. Among several examples, Weiss cites the platform’s treatment of Libs of TikTok, …

Facebook violated rights of Palestinian users, report finds
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook violated rights of Palestinian users, report finds

The Hindu  

Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year's Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-discrimination, a report commissioned by the social media company has found. The report’s authors said they found “no evidence of racial, ethnic, nationality or religious animus in governing teams” and noted Meta …

‘Groomer’ smears exploded on social media after Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, report finds
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Groomer’ smears exploded on social media after Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, report finds

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Research from the Human Rights Campaign and the Center for Countering Digital Hate found …

Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law fuels anti-LGBTQ hate online
2 years, 4 months ago

Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law fuels anti-LGBTQ hate online

Associated Press  

Research that analyzed social media posts finds that hateful references to gays, lesbians and other LGBTQ people surged online after Florida passed a law that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. References to pedophiles and “ grooming ” rose by more than 400 percent in the month after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” measure …

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of protections for LGBTQ users
2 years, 5 months ago

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of protections for LGBTQ users

NPR  

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of protections for LGBTQ users Enlarge this image toggle caption Alberto Pezzali/AP Alberto Pezzali/AP LGBTQ social media users say social media is neither a welcoming nor a safe place for them, a new GLAAD report shows. GLAAD's findings, released Wednesday, are a part of the organization's second annual Social Media Safety …

Women ‘no longer believe that social media firms will take down abuse’
2 years, 6 months ago

Women ‘no longer believe that social media firms will take down abuse’

The Telegraph  

Social media firms must make it easier to report misogyny, says Ofcom’s chief, after its study found 60 per cent of women have suffered harmful behaviour online including harassment and trolling in just a month. In an interview with The Telegraph, Dame Melanie Dawes, the watchdog’s chief executive, said the “shocking” abuse that women faced online was getting worse while …

How protesters in Russia and Ukraine are avoiding internet censorship — and jail
2 years, 9 months ago

How protesters in Russia and Ukraine are avoiding internet censorship — and jail

LA Times  

Police officers detain an antiwar demonstrator in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday. Twitter posted a guide to shoring up security, warning that while using its platform “in conflict zones or other high-risk areas, it’s important to be aware of how to control your account and digital information.” The company advised setting up two-factor authentication, disabling location info from showing on …

Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platforms
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platforms

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc will now count activists and journalists as "involuntary" public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week. Facebook also differentiates between public figures and private individuals in the protections it affords around online discussion: for instance, users are generally allowed to call for …

Facebook will adopt new policies to address harassment targeting public figures
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook will adopt new policies to address harassment targeting public figures

NPR  

Facebook will adopt new policies to address harassment targeting public figures Enlarge this image toggle caption Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Facebook will expand its current harassment policies to further protect users from abuse and harmful content on the platform. Facebook said in its announcement that it would remove "severe sexualizing content" and some other …

Senators push Facebook exec on Instagram policies for youth
3 years, 2 months ago

Senators push Facebook exec on Instagram policies for youth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators fired a barrage of criticism Thursday at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens. “It’s abundantly clear that Facebook views the events of the last two weeks purely as a PR problem, and that the issues raised by the leaked research haven’t led to …

US lawmakers question Facebook on Instagram policies for children
3 years, 2 months ago

US lawmakers question Facebook on Instagram policies for children

Al Jazeera  

United States lawmakers have heaped criticism on Facebook Inc on the company’s plans to protect children who use its social media platforms, after a leaked internal investigation showed the social media giant was aware of how its Instagram app harmed the mental health of teenagers. Democratic Senator Edward Markey added: “IG stands for Instagram, but it also stands for Insta-greed.” …

Twitter, Facebook struggle to control racist use of emojis
3 years, 5 months ago

Twitter, Facebook struggle to control racist use of emojis

Live Mint  

A wave of online racism aimed at some of England’s Black soccer players has highlighted how social media companies’ content moderation systems are failing to monitor the use of emojis. “Twitter’s algorithms were not effectively intercepting racially abusive posts that were sent using emojis,” the study found. “Insufficient effort to date has been focused on policing emojis.” Spokespeople for Twitter …

Chinese social media giant WeChat shuts LGBT accounts
3 years, 5 months ago

Chinese social media giant WeChat shuts LGBT accounts

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling Communist Party is tightening control over gay and lesbian content. WeChat sent account holders a notice they violated rules but gave no details, according to the founder of an LGBT group, who asked not to …

Facebook Had Lesser Hate Speech, Violence in End 2020, Proactive Steps Taken Against Bullying
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook Had Lesser Hate Speech, Violence in End 2020, Proactive Steps Taken Against Bullying

News 18  

Facebook has published its latest Community Standards Enforcement report for the final quarter of 2020. Some of the key areas that have been detailed in Facebook’s latest report include hate speech, violence and graphic content, and nudity on Facebook. For Facebook, the policy areas detailed in the Community Standards Enforcement report include child nudity and sexual exploitation, dangerous organisations activity, …

Twitter to Soon Rollout a New Feature That will Help Block Unsolicited Sexually Explicit DMs
4 years ago

Twitter to Soon Rollout a New Feature That will Help Block Unsolicited Sexually Explicit DMs

News 18  

With rampant incidents of sexual harassment transcending mediums and slithering its way into social media platforms, there’s been a spurt of unsolicited sexually explicit messages and photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms. So in order to safeguard social media profiles, the microblogging platform is reportedly working on a feature that will keep out sexual content of such nature …

Twitter expands hateful conduct policy to include race, ethnicity and national origin under protected categories
4 years ago

Twitter expands hateful conduct policy to include race, ethnicity and national origin under protected categories

India Today  

Twitter on Wednesday expanded its hate speech policy to include language that dehumanises people on the basis of race, ethnicity, and national origin. Today, we are further expanding our hateful conduct policy to prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin," Twitter noted in a blog post. Under the hateful conduct policy, users are …

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat: Global study
4 years, 2 months ago

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat: Global study

Hindustan Times  

Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were as young as eight, the …

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: poll
4 years, 2 months ago

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: poll

The Hindu  

Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were as young as eight, the …

Eleven Facebook employees ask company to denounce 'anti-Muslim bigotry' in open letter, says report
4 years, 4 months ago

Eleven Facebook employees ask company to denounce 'anti-Muslim bigotry' in open letter, says report

Firstpost  

Facebook employees in the US and around the world are also raising questions about whether adequate procedures and content regulation practices were being followed by the India team, the report said Eleven Facebook employees, in an open letter to the company’s leadership, have demanded that it should acknowledge and denounce “anti-Muslim bigotry” and ensure more policy consistency, Reuters reported on …

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