Conservatives are still obsessed with calling LGBTQ+ people “groomers,” and Meta is still helping them do it.
Despite confirming in July that using anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” rhetoric constituted a violation of the company’s policies against hate speech, Meta continues to allow advertisements using the slur to proliferate on its platform and is making money in the process, according to a new report from nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America.
#lgbtq #gay #rights
https://www.them.us/story/meta-groomer-ads-anti-lgbtq-profit-ban
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2023-07-10 20:14:01
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