Tag: cyberbullying
Twitter and Instagram’s new anti-bullying measures probably won’t help queer kids
Twitter recently announced that it’ll forbid hate speech issued against entire religious groups (like calling them subhuman and vermin). They may also extend similar protections to people targeted for their race, gender and sexual orientation.
This announcement comes on the heels of Instagram announcing its new anti-bullying features including an AI detection system that asks people to “reconsider” before they post a potentially insulting comment and a “restrict option” allowing users to flag bullies and review any comments before they’re...
After football players burned a pride flag, this high school is responding perfectly
Two football players at Kearns High School in Salt Lake City have been suspended indefinitely from the team following the discovery of a video of an LGBTQ pride flag being set on fire.
The video, posted on Snapchat last week, shows an unidentified person setting fire to the flag as onlookers laugh. One voice on the video also says “all gays die” as it burns.
Football Coach Matt Rickards told KSTU-TV that he is, “more embarrassed and humiliated by this than...
