Twitter quietly changes its hateful conduct policy to remove standing protections for its transgender users

Twitter sparked backlash this week after some users noticed it had quietly removed language in its hateful conduct policy that explicitly protected transgender people from online harassment.

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Twitter made it easier to harass transgender users

Twitter quietly removed a piece of its Hateful Conduct Policy that protects transgender users from targeted deadnaming and misgendering.

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Musk's Twitter Decides Misgendering and Deadnaming Are OK, Actually

GLAAD noticed that Twitter recently removed a line in the platform's Hateful Conduct policy that forbids deadnaming and misgendering.

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