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META OVERSIGHT BOARD ALLOWS ANTI-TRANS HATE FROM OTHERS, BUT TELLS META TO REMOVE ITS OWN

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:00:45 +0000

Oversight Board’s decision rules that two anti-trans posts are allowed, but tells Meta to remove anti-trans language from updated hate speech policy “As Meta continues to adopt right-wing postures that foment hate and bigotry against historically marginalized groups, the company should expect that many users, creators, and advertisers will find other places to spend their [...]

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Fact Sheet: Intentional Mischaracterizations of Transgender Health Care

GLAAD — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:22:46 +0000

Transition-related health care for transgender people, including youth, is supported by every major medical association and leading health authority. Efforts to ban and criminalize this care are not based in medical nor scientific expertise, and frequently employ intentional misinformation about what health care for trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people may encompass. Advocates for Trans [...]

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Join GLAAD in Telling Meta: Reinstate Protections for Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Black and Brown People on Your Platforms NOW!

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:47:50 +0000

Tell Meta: Reinstate Protections for Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Black and Brown People on Your Platforms NOW! Join Us and Take a Stand! GLAAD has partnered with Ultraviolet, Reproaction, Accountable Tech, Kairos, and Juggernaut to demand that Meta reinstate protections for marginalized groups in its newly updated hate speech policy, and reinstate its fact-checking program now. On [...]

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A Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

GLAAD — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:57:25 +0000

January 14, 2025 Mr. Mark Zuckerberg Via Email Re: Meta civil rights advisory group’s grave concerns with content policy changes Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, As a group of external experts whom Meta has convened for years to advise on how its policies impact marginalized communities, we write to express our grave concern surrounding Meta’s recently announced [...]

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GLAAD RESPONDS TO META’S LATEST ANTI-LGBTQ CHANGES TO CONTENT POLICY AND DEI THAT WILL HARM USERS

Leanna Garfield — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 23:21:12 +0000

GLAAD: “Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are now not only permitting and encouraging, but engaging in anti-LGBTQ hate speech … Meta is now an anti-LGBTQ company.” January 10, 2024 — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization is responding to Meta’s unprecedented set of draconian changes to its corporate [...]

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Fact Sheet: Term to Avoid – “Transgenderism”

GLAAD — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:18:38 +0000

“Transgenderism” is a term appropriated by opponents of transgender equality to inaccurately and harmfully imply that being trans is a political ideology, rather than an authentic aspect of one’s personhood. Framing a person’s transgender identity as a “concept” or “ideology” reduces a core identity to an opinion that can be debated, and therefore justifies dehumanization, [...]

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Fact Sheet: Debunking “Trans Terrorism” and Other False Claims in High-Profile Crimes

GLAAD — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:28:21 +0000

Social media accounts with a history of anti-transgender rhetoric frequently and falsely accuse transgender people of crimes, particularly during mass shooting events, before facts are known. There is no evidence of escalating violence committed by LGBTQ people. Extremism and domestic terrorism experts tell PolitiFact that there are no widespread threats of growing radicalization or violence [...]

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GLAAD RESPONSE: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM

Leanna Garfield — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:02:56 +0000

Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users and advertisers alike.” January 7, 2024 — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, [...]

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Fact Sheet: Derogatory Slurs Referring to Transgender People – “Tr*nny”

GLAAD — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:46:58 +0000

The word “tr*nny” (and its plural form, “tr*nnies”) is a derogatory slur used to express contempt for transgender people, and should be understood accordingly. Like other slurs for historically marginalized groups, it should not be used to refer to transgender people or others. When referring to the slur and reporting on the use of the [...]

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Fact Sheet: Term to Avoid – “Gender Ideology”

GLAAD — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:02:03 +0000

Gender identity is the accurate term to describe a person’s internal sense of their own gender. Gender diverse people have existed throughout history and cultures around the world. The growing visibility of transgender and nonbinary people is not an ideology and their existence is not up for debate. “Gender ideology” is not a term transgender [...]

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