Tag: social media
Sean Biggerstaff Calls Out J.K. Rowling: A Comparison to Andrew Tate
Sean Biggerstaff, former Harry Potter actor, publicly criticized J.K. Rowling’s transgender views in a social media post.
Elon Musk’s X Suspends Opposition Accounts Amid Turkish Unrest
Following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent political opponent of President Erdoğan, civil unrest has erupted in Turkey.
Meta’s Dangerous Shift: A New Era of Unchecked Hate Speech
Meta has controversially disbanded its fact-checking team and revised its «hateful conduct» policy, now permitting derogatory language against women and the LGBTQ community.
Malicious flagging and deplatforming across social media platforms is the subject of a new report
Tuesday saw the release of a report by a Northumbria University researcher outlining legislative proposals to address platform governance disparities in the use of «flagging» and «de-platforming» on social media.
Social Media Platform for LGBTQ People Invites Investors
The first round of funding for MollyTommy, the most popular safe and inclusive social networking platform in the world, is currently being pitched in exchange for equity. In order to rapidly scale up and broaden its reach to both members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community, the funds will be used primarily for the creation of an app and secondarily for targeted marketing expenditures.
AFP : Posts falsely claim photos of transgender Reddit user show Texas shooter !
Social media users claim images of a person holding a transgender flag show the 18-year-old gunman behind a deadly Texas shooting spree. This is false; the posts misappropriate photos of a transgender artist who posted them on Reddit.