chrisbitABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions'
stopthatgirl7I hope more broadcasters will follow the BBC’s example and start running their own Mastodon servers.
It would be nice if the BBC instance had more accounts, like for breaking news, though. I know they’re just testing the waters, but they need to try having accounts posting things folks are the most interested in.
Prior_IndustryWas a interesting reaction from some in the fediverse stating they would block the BBC instance etc. In reality how welcome are entity’s that are seen as corporate?
Iirc, the big instance declaring immediately that it would defederate with them was one that’s very well known for being strict with moderation and had firm rules about anti-trans instances. Because the BBC has a history of being anti-trans, they defederated.
darreninthenetThe BBC has a history of being antitrans?
That’s quite a revelation to me, it has more of a reputation of being extremely liberal and indeed any even remotely right winger here usually whinges and moans about how “woke” it is 🤷🏻♂️
Do you know what in particular triggered their stance that they believed the BBC anti-trans?
Do you know what in particular triggered their stance that they believed the BBC anti-trans?
There is a series by Shaun (a Youtuber) about anti trans stuff at the BBC and one article in particular.
First of 4 Videos is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4buJMMiwcg
Response to BBC transphobia
Content warning: extreme transphobia, sexual assault, threats of violence (including sexual violence)You don't have to let the TV License people inside.Compl...
It’s the official broadcaster of TERF island. Even their foremost left wing newspaper is TERF central.
Thank you for that, most interesting.
It’s odd given their usually quite liberal stance… I wonder if there some old conservatism creeping in with the Tories being in power for so long…?
Sadly in UK transphobia seems to be pretty common in liberals and liberal institutions. I think that is because in UK the idea to connect transphobia with “womens rights” was really successful and this results in otherwise really liberal / left leaning / feminist individuals & groups to be actively anti-trans. As far as i know even otherwise trust worthy news papers like the guardian plattform anti trans talking points.
They don’t have a liberal stance. They will cover some issues of importance to liberals, but they’ve always tried to being in conflict with the party of government. The last time they got into conflict - and this wasn’t “being liberal” so much as wanting to show a diverse set of opinions - was during the Thatcher administration, and they had conservatives like Rees Mogg appointed to their board as a result.
On top of which, British “liberalism” is pretty sick at the moment when it comes to LGBT rights. Even the Guardian, which was a liberal newspaper at one point, has no problem posting transphobic material from their regular columnists or overblowing anti-trans “scandals”. They’ve had trouble keeping staff (one example) because they didn’t want to be associated with the transphobia of the UK part of the group.
It’s the official broadcaster of TERF island. Even their foremost left wing newspaper is transphobia central.
It still makes me so sad to see what’s become of the Guardian.