#WrapPro: Since the November election
#MarkZuckerberg has been firmly in
#DonaldTrump’s corner, so it comes as no surprise that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, has quietly switched sides when it comes to anti-trans speech on its platforms.
Last week, the company’s Oversight Board upheld an earlier decision to allow anti-trans speech, such as the previously banned slur “tranny,” a move that rang alarm bells at GLAAD and among other LGBTQ activists and actors. (Under
#ElonMusk’s guidance, X removed protections around anti-trans language two years ago.)
In late April, the board reviewed rulings on two videos, one on Facebook in which a transgender woman is confronted for using the women’s bathroom at a university, which featured the caption “male student who thinks he’s a girl.”
#Meta found no violations.
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