Meta Oversight Board rules anti-transgender videos don't violate hate speech rules
Meta's Oversight Board allowed transphobic posts after executives warned they should be “treated carefully ... given the fraught political debate.”
April 24, 2025
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Meta's Oversight Board allowed transphobic posts after executives warned they should be “treated carefully ... given the fraught political debate.”
The sweeping and opaque decision to reduce certain content it deems undesirable further extends Meta’s announcement in the fall that Threads is “not going to amplify news on the platform.”
It came amid a night of viral clips.
Major corporations are using Donald Trump's executive orders as an excuse to end their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
After rejecting Target's pledged $50,000, Twin Cities Pride executive director Andi Otto tells The Advocate how his organization raised more than double that in less than 24 hours.
“These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination,” a policy memo read in part.
DEI does not ensure certain groups have preferential treatment, but rather that none do.
The out OpenAI CEO recently said that he "changed my perspective" on Trump, despite previously saying that "I think Trump is terrible and few things would make me happier than him not being president."
The organization was one of several LGBTQ+ rights groups founded in 1973.
The gay man is donating from personal funds, according to reports.
Costco said the group pushing them to cut DEI was not interested in "reducing risk for the company but the abolition of diversity initiatives."
"Black, white, or brown, native or newcomer, transgender or not, Americans show up for one another," the ad says.
Government authorities are raiding venues thought to be LGBTQ-friendly, while social media videos are encouraging violence against queer Ethiopians.
"I will never apologize for living my truth and most recently who I am outside of football."
Peter Griffin -- and executive producers -- confirmed a shift in storytelling.
The ban was scheduled to take effect November 15.
Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?
They now have access to your private information and other sensitive U.S. data.
Donald Trump believes there's no such thing as bad publicity. Maybe he's right.