None of the major platforms social networks adequately protect users LGBTQ+ of the speech of intolerance and the cyber bullying -especially towards those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming– said the defense group on Thursday GLAAD. But Twitter is the worst.
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In its Annual Index on Safety in Social Networks, GLAAD gave to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores and indicated that the platforms they don’t do enough to keep their users safe. However, most have improved in the past year.
Twitterwhich last October was acquired by the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, was the only exception. The score card GLAAD He described it as “the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people” and the only one that saw its scores drop compared to last year.
The communications staff Twitter was fired after Musk took over the company and for months questions addressed to the press office have only received one poop emoji autoresponse, as was the case when The Associated Press contacted the company seeking comments.
The advocates for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community have long warned that the intolerance and the harassment online can lead to violence beyond the internet. But even when it’s not, online aggression can affect mental health of a person.
“Not a week goes by without us having a situation doxing for someone in our community where we have to to intervene and help stop intolerance, stop poison, and stop assaults”, said the CEO and president of GLAADSarah Kate Ellis, referring to the malicious practice of collecting someone else’s private or identifying information and posting it online without the person’s permission, usually in a attempt to harass, threaten, embarrass or retaliate. “It really has grown to a level never seen before”.