Social Platforms Fail to Keep LGBTQ Users Safe, GLAAD Says
- Report measures TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram
- GLAAD sees escalation of attacks, threats on social media
TikTok has updated its Community Guidelines to explicitly prohibit misgendering, deadnaming and misogyny.
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A top LGBTQ advocacy organization, after seeing an escalation of hateful attacks on platforms such as TikTok and Twitter, came up with a score for the social media sites’ safety for vulnerable users. All of the networks received a failing grade.
The top five social networks all scored less than 50 out of 100% on safety for LGBTQ users, a new ranking in the Social Media Safety Index developed by GLAAD, an organization that fights hate against gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people. The report, released Wednesday, ranks Instagram the least bad at 48%, followed by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.