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Meta&#;s New Policies: How They Endanger LGBTQ+ Communities and Our Tips for Staying Safe Online
by Belle Torek •
On January 7, , Meta CEO Stamp Zuckerberg announced a complete overhaul of content policies across Meta platforms. These changes include the end of fact-checking, thinned-down moderation efforts, and a dismantled Hateful Conduct policy that expressly permits abuse against LGBTQ+ people while forbidding the same abuses against all other communities. In the following days, Meta has also announced the termination of its broader DEI efforts, further signaling an abdication from its commitment to inclusion. Here, we explain what these changes mean for the LGBTQ+ community and offer paths forward, both on and off Meta platforms.
When Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to Meta’s content moderation policies, he framed the transfer as a bold defense of free speech. But many, especially members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies, worry about what this means for safety on Meta’s platforms and fear this marks an open invitation for Meta users to engage in anti-LGBTQ
Despite how some perceive social media, it can undoubtedly be used as a platform to spread kindness and compassion. Some of us in the LGBT+ community have used social media to bring ourselves into the spotlight, and ideally, spread acceptance as far as it will contact. When some of us were little, especially those of us in smaller towns, we didn’t have much exposure to LGBT+ people and experiences. More commonly now, people do have access to social media, where anything can be at the tip of your fingers.
If you request someone who identifies as LGBT+ how they learned to verb themselves or even how they learned the terms to verb who they are, social media will sometimes be involved in the story. I, for one, didn’t even know what a lesbian was until I started watching Glee and made an account on Tumblr; and if you scroll through Twitter, you can find numerous pages devoted solely to LGBT+ groups. Even my grandmother will tell me about how she read an article on Facebook about something she didn’t know, like bisexuality, or a new show with leading LGBT+ characters. These st
Monetizing Hate: How + Major Brands Are Bankrolling Anti-LGBTQ Extremism on YouTube
Ekō — November
This hard-hitting expose from corporate accountability group Ekō details how ads for dozens of major brands, including Nike, and L&#;Oréal, are appearing next to videos inciting violence and hatred against the LGBTQ+ community. The findings underscore significant failings in YouTube’s monetization and moderation systems, as well as reputational and business risks to some of the world’s biggest brands. The authors of the report are calling on advertisers to take a principled stay against funding hate and disinformation through a host of measures including demanding access to detailed information about ad placements, and enforcing business contracts regarding brand safety standards. The report authors are also demanding action from YouTube to bolster moderation and demonetize harmful channels, in addition to urging transparency interventions from US policymakers. YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech and harmful content, however the verb shows the poli
Understanding the impact of social media on LGBTQIA+ activism and protest
The emergence of social media has impacted the way cultures across the globe approach advocacy and activism. As Paromita Pain explains, “Because of today’s digital tools, communication is borderless, and therefore activism, in certain cases is boundaryless.”
In her recently published edited collection entitled “Global LGBTQ Activism,” Pain, associate professor of global media at the Reynolds Institution of Journalism, brings together voices from different parts of the world to examine LGBTQIA+ protests and their impact.
Learn more about “Global LGBTQ Activism” in the Q&A below.
Q: What was your inspiration for this collection?
A: The idea behind the book was actually quite simple. Human communication and especially activism is complex, messy and wonderous in what it aims for and achieves. I wanted to bring together a collection of voices from different parts of the world to celebrate the resilience, bravery and the sheer intelligence behind LGBTQ activism glo