Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns

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Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on

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and Threads, report warns

Meta is failing to enforce its own rules against anti-trans hate speech on its platform, a

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from GLAAD warns. The LGBTQ advocacy group found that “extreme anti-trans hate content ******** widespread across

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, and Threads.”

The report documents dozens of examples of hate speech from Meta’s apps, which GLAAD says were reported to the company between June 2023 and March 2024. But though the posts appeared to be clear violations of the company’s policies, “Meta either replied that posts were not violative or simply did not take action on them,” GLAAD says.

The reported content included posts with anti-trans slurs, violent and dehumanizing language and promotions for conversion therapy, all of which are barred under Meta’s rules. GLAAD also notes that some of the posts it reported came from influential accounts with large audiences on

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. GLAAD also shared two examples of posts from Threads, Meta’s newest app where the company has tried to tamp down “political” content and other “potentially sensitive” topics.

“The company’s ongoing ******** to enforce their own policies against anti-LGBTQ, and especially anti-trans hate, is simply unacceptable,” GLAAD’s CEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis said in

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Meta didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. But GLAAD’s report isn’t the first time the company has faced criticism for its handling of content targeting the LGBTQ community. Last year the Oversight Board

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Meta to “improve the accuracy of its enforcement on hate speech towards the LGBTQIA+ community.”

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