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YouTube changes its policy on anti-LGBT hate speech, but will it work?

Today, YouTube announced new policies banning video creators from making violent and implied threats and forbidding racist and anti-LGBTQ attacks against public and private individuals, including other video creators, politicians, and celebrities. But some people doubt their new policies will…

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People are freaking out about a “2020 Twitter porn ban.”

The past three to five years have seen a widespread darkening wave of censorship in terms of sex-related content on the internet. The most impactful assaults on this type of content was the dismantling of the Craigslist personal classifieds section… 

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Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs.

Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, who say the tech giant’s refusal to remove the content has created a public-health crisis…

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Chinese-owned TikTok admits to censoring LGBT creators.

In documents obtained from an anonymous source by a German site, Netzpolitik.org exposed that TikTok was limiting the reach of people with disabilities, body-positive advocates, and LGBT+ people on the app. In regards to moderation rules, the document outlines that…

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Why LGBT dating apps should be run and owned by LGBT people.

With the fall out from the Cambridge Analytica scandal still ongoing and the news last year that Grindr shared the HIV status of its users with two other unrelated companies, people who use online apps should certainly be more interested in how…