When it comes to anti-LGBTQ harassment, Twitter's actions need to match its policies

Following pressure over anti-LGBTQ harassment campaigns on social media, Twitter said it has a policy banning the use of a word that is being used by the right-wing as a slur. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ degenerate press secretary has been among the extremists who have used the term “groomer” to smear LGBTQ people, and transgender people in particular.

But the policy banning people who have used this term as a slur to attack LGBTQ people isn’t really being enforced, Daily Dot reports. Earlier this week, the Daily Dot said it reported a tweet “calling a transgender woman a groomer to see if it violated Twitter’s policies against abusive behavior,” the report said. ”On Wednesday, Twitter said that the tweet didn’t violate its policies.”

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