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In this photo illustration the TikTok logo in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Video-sharing social networking app TikTok’s algorithm is spreading anti-LGBT+ content, according to an analysis by watchdog Media Matters. The report, published on Tuesday (18 May), found TikTok’s recommendation algorithm –
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Social media sites are “categorically unsafe” for queer users, the damning report found (Manan VATSYAYANA/AFP/ Getty) Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are all “categorically unsafe” for LGBT+ people, according to a damning new study from GLAAD. GLAAD had originally planned to give grades for each site as part of a new social media safety
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An Apple iPhone 11 smartphone with the Twitch video streaming app logo on screen. (Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty) Streaming platform Twitch has apologised after it faced backlash for using the alternative spelling “womxn” instead of “women”. The word “womxn” has come into more frequent use over the last decade, according to Dictionary.com, and is
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A quarter of British people have been body-shamed on dating apps or social media. (S3studio/ Getty/ Yu Chun Christopher Wong) The dating app Bumble has banned body-shaming, which it says includes “fatphobic, ableist, racist, colourist, homophobic or transphobic” language. From Thursday (28 January), the popular dating app will ban any derogatory comments about appearance, body
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The paid anti-trans advert claimed that the Equality Act will “destroy girls’ sports”. (American Principles Project/ Facebook) Facebook has removed a paid political advert by an anti-trans think tank claiming that trans athletes will “destroy girls’ sports”. The advert is part of a “dangerous” $4 million campaign by the conservative American Principles Project (APP) aiming
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Reddit, after years of piling pressure, clamped down on boards that, under new guidelines, promoted hate speech. A transphobic “gender critical feminist” forum was one of them. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Reddit, one of the largest social networking and imageboard websites, has banned one of the most prolific “gender critical” communities as part
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Sasha Velour is bringing her NightGowns show to Quibi. (Quibi) Quibi shows include NightGowns with Sasha Velour, The Hot Shot with Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster and You Ain’t Got These with Lena Waithe. What is Quibi exactly? Another subscription service in an increasingly crowded market seems like the last thing anybody needs, but
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Pornhub will also donate 50,000 face masks to first responders and hospitals. (Envato) Pornhub is offering free premium accounts to every one of its billions of users around the world, in a bid to encourage people to stay home during the coronavirus lockdown. Pornhub’s vice president Corey Price said in press release: “With nearly one
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