Deadnaming

X is again making it illegal for users to misgender and deadname other users on the platform. The policy was dropped last year, but X is reinstating it again following numerous criticisms. As Ars Technica reports, in April last year, X (called Twitter back then) updated its abuse and harassment policy to allow for misgendering and deadnaming. The policy was adopted in the pre-Musk era in 2018. But the billionaire later suggested that his tweets might violate the policy. Meanwhile, the latest update to X’s policy in…

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, updated its abuse and harassment rules to revive regulations around content that misgenders or deadnames individuals.   The quiet update comes less than a year after the platform, under Musk’s ownership, revoked its ban on content that uses a transgender person’s name before they transitioned — known as a deadname — or purposefully used the wrong gender for someone.  The update to X’s abuse and harassment rules was first reported by Ars Technica. The updated…

X has updated its abuse and harassment page in January, and it has added a new section that explains its new rule against intentionally using the wrong pronouns for a person or using a name they no longer go by. As noticed by Ars Technica, the new section entitled "Use of Prior Names and Pronouns" states that the service will "reduce the visibility of posts" that use pronouns for a person different from what they use for themselves and those who are now using a different name as part of their transition.The social…

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The move is on brand for this new Twitter, which Musk has been hellbent on making a crucible of free speech despite having no clue what free speech is.Image: Rokas Tenys (Shutterstock)As Twitter under Elon Musk’s rule continues to take shape, the platform has decided it apparently doesn’t need trans people to feel safe on its app. Twitter has reportedly removed a stipulation against misgendering and deadnaming from its policy on hateful conduct.Twitter Investor Sues Elon Musk Over Sneaky Stock PurchasesAs detailed by…

SAN FRANCISCO : Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals," raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups.…

Twitter has, once again, quietly updated a significant policy without explanation. The company appears to have changed its hateful conduct policy to remove a section that protected transgender people from misgendering and deadnaming, in a move spotted by GLAAD. Twitter had originally banned targeted deadnaming and misgendering in 2018. “We prohibit targeting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category,” the policy…

Picking her new name led Tess Tanenbaum to ponder many questions. Am I Josie or a Hanna? Should it sound similar to her previous masculine name? What will it look like as a signature? She began to walk around with a shortlist in her pocket. Ultimately she picked Theresa Jean, or Tess, because it made her full name sound like a pulp detective character or a superhero, and is reminiscent of her daughter’s middle name, Tesla. On July 4, 2019, Tess came out as transgender—her own independence day.But burying her old name…

Meta, Twitter, Google, and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ + users Social media platforms including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), Twitter, Google, and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ + community users around the world, a report issued by advocacy group GLAAD found, Social Media Safety Index, an organization that fights hate against gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people. It has worked on these issues in various ways for over a decade. None of the…