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Meta changes hate speech rules, dropping LGBTQ protections

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, dropped some LGBTQ protections from its hate speech rules Tuesday amid a wider overhaul of the social media giant’s content moderation

Yahoo · 21h

Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill

Meta will allow its billions of social media users to accuse people of being mentally ill based on their sexuality or gender identity.

Daily Post Nigeria on MSN · 12h

Meta reviews hate speech guidelines, to allow labelling of LGBTQ people as mentally sick

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has revised its hate speech guidelines to allow users to describe LGBTQ people as mentally ill. The change was announced in new guidelines released Tuesday by the media outfit.

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NBC News on MSN · 1d

Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status

The Defense Department agreed to a class-action settlement that may affect more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and similar earlier policies.

Reuters · 2d

Pentagon agrees to consider honorable discharges for LGBTQ veterans

The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to overhaul its process for LGBTQ veterans to seek honorable discharges after they were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court on Monday.

NBC Bay Area on MSN · 1d

Pentagon agrees to settle landmark lawsuit with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status

The Pentagon said it will restore the discharge records of 35,000 veterans to “honorable,” ending a class action suit filed more than a year ago by veterans outed under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policies.

Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them as ‘sexually suggestive content’

Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict “sexually suggestive content.

Fast Company · 1d

Instagram is in hot water for blocking LGBTQ+ content

Journalist Taylor Lorenz reported that the platform had restricted LGBTQIA-related hashtags for months under its so-called “sensitive content policy.”

Mashable on MSN · 1d

Instagram blocked LGBTQ+ content by accident, Meta claims

Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform's parent company. The restrictions were reported by User Mag,

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LGBTQ liberals start arming themselves over baseless fear of being placed in ‘concentration camps:’ report

Gay and transgender liberals around the country are arming themselves over perceived concerns they’ll be rounded up and ...

Rochester schools remove LGBTQ-themed book over public nudity concerns

Despite the removal of the book, Rochester’s superintendent says there will be “no backtracking on books that celebrate the lived experiences of LGBTQ students and families.” ...

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LGBTQ people relive old traumas as they age on their own

By 2030, the number of LGBTQ+ seniors is expected to double. Many won’t have partners and most won’t have children or ...

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Russian LGBTQ activist’s death in custody sparks outrage amid harsh crackdown

The death of Andrei Kotov in a Moscow detention center has intensified concerns about Russia's aggressive campaign against ...

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History-making LGBTQ legislators to be sworn in to 119th Congress

Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.

Melissa DuBose sworn in as first Black and first openly LGBTQ judge on US District Court in R.I.

The former Providence teacher was nominated by President Joe Biden two years ago and confirmed by the US Senate in March.

These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory'

Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to ...

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