Twitter is one of the five major social networking platforms with the lowest score of 33 out of 100 in an index it reviewed. security, privacy and expression of users Those who identify as belonging to the LGBTQ community, according to a study published by the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Glaad).
The five analyzed were considered the most popular by number of followers: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok and Twitter.
This score is almost 12 points lower than Twitter’s score in 2022, when it was rated 44.70.
Among the recommendations the study gave so that the network could raise the rating, Glaad said, the company “should reinstate a policy that explicitly protects users from dead naming (when a trans person’s birth name is used instead of the new one) and gender-specific mistakes”.
A clear change the network has seen since 2023 is its new owner, Elon MuskTaking over as owner and CEO of the social platform in October 2022.
Businessman Elon Musk has been the Twitter of his purpose since his arrival as Twitter’s new owner in October 2022.digital public square where vital issues are discussed while criticizing restrictions on freedom of expression “for the future of humanity” in the name of political correctness.
During his tenure, many LGBTQ activists criticized both Musk’s actions as the owner of the network and his activity on his own Twitter account.
The most recent controversy was Musk’s “What is a Woman?” on June 2. (What is a woman?)—a tape identified by the LGBT community as transphobic—and the video, which was available for over an hour, he shared on Twitter.
Among the five networks analyzed on transphobic bullying, the application with the highest score was Instagram with 63, while another company from the giant Meta: Facebook took the second place with 61 points. Tik Tok is in third place with 57. This application, which received the worst rating among the five platforms last year, managed to rise 14 points.
“TikTok is currently the only company that protects trans, gender-nonconforming, and non-binary users from both dead naming and gender fallacy, and also the only company that provides comprehensive information on how to do so. detect violations of this policy“, report details.
Finally, the YouTube video platform was rated 54. In last year’s study, lThe top five social media platforms scored less than 50 out of 100.
Source: Exame
