GLAAD denounces that social networks do not do enough to protect LGBTQ people
Social networks for many LGBTQ people, are a way to expand their connections, meet people and not feel trapped in their immediate circle. Whether people in small communities, or belonging to minority groups who see that they are not alone, social networks can help them in a thousand ways. But they also expose them to a lot of people who are against their romantic or sexual identities or interests, and social networks are not doing enough to prevent it, according to the American organization Gay and Lesbian Association Against Defamation.
The Bloomberg portal indicates that the media monitoring organization has published its second Social Network Safety Index. GLAAD has given low scores to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube, after examining its LGBTQ-oriented features and policies. Although he found that while all the platforms had strong political commitments and banned hateful ads, their actions fell short of those goals.
Social networks are still unsafe for the LGBT public
None of the five platforms reviewed by GLAAD have done enough to restrict anti-LGBTQ content. Other fields in which they fail and which would make the networks safer spaces are;
- Offer the option to include gender pronouns, something that Twitter months ago said it could do
- Properly train moderators
- Reduce takedowns of legitimate content
- Prohibit non-consensual advertising targeting
- Protect the privacy of gender identity and sexual orientation data.
- Properly prohibiting malicious use of a trans or non-binary person's pre-transition name or gender, though this is something only TikTok and Twitter actively prohibit.
GLAAD made recommendations based on the results. asked more policies against practices such as pre-transition name use of a trans person, and unintended advertising targeting. The organization also wanted Facebook to explain how it enforces its LGBTQ policies, and for YouTube to reveal how it minimizes demonetization and erroneous content bans. TikTok was also pressured to publicly promise to diversify its workforce.
All five social networks defended their current approaches. According to Meta, they have banned dehumanizing and violent material against LGBTQ people, and will remove content containing inaccurate speech if requested. Twitter said it had already worked with GLAAD and was discussing the new recommendations. Google said it had made “a clear and transparent approach to the use of force.”significant progress» in removing harmful videos. TikTok, for its part, highlighted both its anti-hate policies and its recent tools to promote kinder comments.
Source: Engadget
