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Social media platforms are being admonished by GLAAD, an LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, for rolling back on “hate speech policies” that once protected the LGBTQ community. 

GLAAD’s fifth annual Social Media Safety Index evaluated six major social media platforms: TikTok, X, YouTube, Meta’s Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. Although each platform offers various and specific protections for LGBTQ users, the GLAAD organization scrutinizes each platform’s public policies by “14 LGBTQ-specific indicators,” drawing from a methodology developed by a tech and human rights research organization, Ranking Digital Rights. 

TikTok outranked the six platforms for having the “most comprehensive protections for LGBTQ people.” The study noted TikTok’s specific policies that prohibit misgendering and deadnaming, as well as blocking videos that promote “dangerous ‘conversion therapy’ content.” (READ MORE: TikTok Ban Necessary to Thwart CCP)

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram tied for second, with YouTube ranking third. GLAAD criticized both Meta and YouTube for the “draconian rollbacks” that removed protections for transgender and nonbinary people. The organization docked down Meta for revising their “hateful conduct” policy, which now allows “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality.” 

In other words, the organization claims that Meta is the bad actor for allowing room for informative content about not harming the God-given bodies of children with puberty blockers, or how transgender ideology has ruined our military — content which you can find here at The American Spectator. (RELATED: Trump’s Executive Order Ends ‘Trans’ Tyranny and Protects Females)

Following the aftermath of the November election, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been vocal about the negative impact of heavy content moderation practices. In a video detailing these changes, Zuckerberg stated that Meta will once again prioritize free speech by removing restrictions on topics like immigration and gender. “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas — and it’s gone too far,” Zuckerberg said. 

YouTube was hit for removing “gender identity and expression” from its specific protected groups, despite the company claiming its policy remains unchanged. YouTube also bans advertising content about gay conversion therapy, but was criticized by GLAAD for having no direct policy that prohibits user content about the practice. 

Elon Musk’s X was ranked the lowest in granting LGBTQ protections, noting the lack of transparency with policies regarding conversion therapy content, hiring practices, and prohibiting deadnaming and misgendering only “where required by local laws.” 

Since entering office, President Trump has signed various executive orders and pushed for policies to remove transgender and DEI ideology from the private sector. Social media companies such as Meta have taken action accordingly, such as eliminating DEI-focused work positions or initiatives. (READ MORE: Trump Takes a Wrecking Ball to DEI)

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