Social media platforms failing to stop LGBTQ+ hate
mambaonline.comTwitter and Facebook are failing to enforce their own guidelines and have allowed a surge in LGBTQ+ hate on their platforms. That’s according to the Digital Hate report, published by The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) in collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
It looked at the “wave of online extremist anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric” triggered by the recent passage of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay or Trans’ Bill.
The bill, which was signed into law by the US state’s Governor Ron DeSantis in March, bans discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in primary schools.
The report found that in the month after the bill was passed, the average number of tweets per day using slurs such as “groomer” and “pedophile” in relation to LGBTQ+ people jumped by 406%.
