LGBT Group Slams Social Media's Right-Wing Bias, Demands Increased Censorship for 'Safety'By Alex Parker
Jul 15, 2022
If there’s one thing social media needs more of, it’s censorship — a clamping down of conservatism, particularly. So says a socially Left alliance.
As noted by The Washington Free Beacon, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation recently released its “Social Media Safety Index” report. And the summary doesn’t bode well where safety is concerned.
The report’s “executive summary” makes clear its mission:
The goal…is to push the major social media platforms to be accountable and transparent — specifically to the LGBTQ users they serve, but also to society as a whole. The centerpiece of this second edition of the SMSI is our Platform Scorecard. Created in partnership with Goodwin Simon Strategic Research and the noted Big Tech accountability watchdog group, Ranking Digital Rights, the Scorecard offers an evaluation of LGBTQ safety, privacy, and expression on five major platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube) based on 12 LGBTQ- specific indicators.
And why is safety such a concern?
In a letter, GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis explains:
LGBTQ people are under attack right now, all across the globe. Since the start of 2022, Republican lawmakers have proposed 325 anti-LGBTQ bills, 130 of which specifically target the rights of transgender people, especially trans youth.
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“These problems,” the executive summary asserts, “are even more exacerbated for folks who are members of multiple communities (BIPOC, women, immigrants, people with disabilities, people of historically marginalized faiths, etc.).”
Social media platforms should be safe for everyone, in all of who they are.
Over the past few years, there’s been tremendous talk of “safety.” So far as I can tell, the word often now means “agreement.”
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Source:
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2022/07/15/lgbt-group-slams-social-medias-right-wing-bias-demands-increased-censorship-for-safety-n595294
