Safety and Policy Rollbacks
's annual Social Media Safety Index criticizes , , and for not protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate and harassment, citing rollbacks in safety practices by major platforms like Meta and .
The report highlights that Meta's policy changes allow derogatory statements about LGBTQ individuals, while Google's allegedly removed "gender identity and expression" from its list of protected groups.
Responses and Recommendations
Despite Google's assertion that its hate speech policy remains unchanged, GLAAD calls for YouTube to explicitly include gender identity and expression as a protected characteristic, reflecting concerns over the safety of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals.
GLAAD's report urges social media platforms to implement measures to protect LGBTQ users from hate, harassment, and violence, including prohibiting targeted misgendering and "deadnaming" of transgender users.