Facebook, Twitter Among Platforms 'Failing' at LGBTQ Safety: Report
Social Media Safety Index (SMSI).The 2022 safety index, which marks the second annual scoring on social media safety from the LGBTQ advocacy group, evaluated Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube on 12 measures at a time when hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced by politicians around the country."After reviewing the platforms on measures like explicit protections from hate and harassment for LGBTQ users, offering gender pronoun options on profiles, and prohibiting advertising that could be harmful and/or discriminatory to LGBTQ people, all platforms scored under a 50 out of a possible 100," GLAAD said in a Wednesday news release.Each platform received its own SMSI score out of a possible 100 points.
GLAAD's safety index gave Facebook 46 percent, Instagram 48 percent, TikTok 43 percent, and both Twitter and YouTube were scored at 45 percent.The safety index included summaries explaining the steps each platform has taken on LGBTQ safety, as well as where GLAAD identifies there is room for improvement.
