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DiscussionYoutube replaced 'gender identity' with 'gender' from hate speech policy
I first saw this story on thairivera's youtube. I wouldn't recommend him, but i should probably give him credit.
He basically reads Christopher Wiggen's "Advocates cry foul after YouTube quietly removes ‘gender identity’ from hate speech policy" on the Advocate
Taylor Lorenz's "YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy" link also covers the story.
It's really a small change, and i doubt it will have much meaningful impact. If anything i think it makes it worse, as gender is a protected category. What do you think?
However, the altered language occurred between January 29 and February 6, according to archived versions of the policy reviewed by The Advocate via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. On January 29, the platform’s hate speech policy explicitly barred content that promotes violence or hatred based on “gender identity and expression.” By February 6, the next time a snapshot of the page was stored in the archive, that language was no longer listed. Instead, the revised version grouped “Sex, Gender, or Sexual Orientation” as protected categories, omitting any reference to gender identity.
“YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety and content moderation,” a GLAAD spokesperson told User Mag.
I think they might just be including it under gender, especially since they have sex listed separately. 🤷♀️
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