Scroll To Top

social media safety index

News

LGBTQ+ people’s safety has plummeted across social media platforms: report

The 2025 Social Media Safety Index from GLAAD reveals widespread failures by major tech platforms to protect LGBTQ+ users.

News

From Meta to X, most major social media companies are failing LGBTQ+ users: GLAAD

Most of the top social media companies got an 'F' grade on GLAAD’s 2024 Social Media Safety Index. Of the major platforms, TikTok was the only one to pass with a dismal D+ grade.

Business

Social Media (Except Twitter) Improves LGBTQ+ Safety, More Steps Needed: GLAAD

All five major platforms must do more to protect LGBTQ+ users, according to GLAAD's Social Media Safety Index Platform Scorecard.

Queer Teens Using Technology Post App LGBTQ Protections

Business

Post, the Social Media Company, Is Being Praised for Protecting LGBTQ+ Users From Bigots

Post’s inclusive policies and Discord’s protective measures contrast sharply with X’s backslide and Meta’s moderation struggles, highlighting the evolving battle for LGBTQ+ safety in social media.

transgender Harvard lawyer Alejandra Caraballo Tesla Twitter X owner Elon Musk Libs Tiktok transphobe Chaya Raichik

Technology

After alleged neo-Nazi named, X updates doxxing policy; now many Libs of TikTok posts violate it

A quiet update to the company's prohibition on releasing people's private information without their permission appears to complicate things for the account that constantly targets people.

News

LinkedIn exposes transgender users to targeted harassment after company quietly changes hate speech policy

The changes involve edits to LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, specifically the “Hateful and Derogatory Content” and “Harassment and Abusive Content” sections.

News

Elon Musk demands users stop ‘deadnaming’ Twitter after Stephen King trolls the billionaire

In a recent clash on social media, Elon Musk accused Stephen King of ‘deadnaming’ the platform formerly known as Twitter, now X.

True

Sarah Kate Ellis GLAAD Mark Zuckerberg Meta Facebook

News

GLAAD demands Mark Zuckerberg public statement on Facebook’s anti-trans content moderation failure

Following a critical Oversight Board report on Meta’s handling of anti-trans Facebook content, GLAAD has urged the Meta CEO to address the company’s content moderation policies publicly.

Business

Conversion therapy content is being banned by social media companies thanks to the work of LGBTQ+ group

Promoting the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy now violates several companies’ content policies. Some companies say it's thanks to GLAAD's recommendations and research.

social media safety index

GLAAD: Social Media Platforms Are Failing to Keep LGBTQ+ Users Safe

GLAAD's second annual Social Media Safety index finds five major platforms wanting.

Jenni Olson to Lead GLAAD's Social Media Safety Program

Olson, an acclaimed filmmaker and an expert on media and technology, will lead efforts to make social media safe for LGBTQ+ people -- which it isn't now, she says.

Don Lemon announces new show on X amid platform’s LGBTQ+ safety concerns

The former CNN star will debut The Don Lemon Show on X, navigating a platform increasingly criticized for harmful rhetoric and declining safety for LGBTQ+ users.

Instagram Suspends 'Gays Against Groomers' Amid Scrutiny of Meta’s Moderation Policies

The suspension follows a report criticizing Meta’s handling of hateful anti-LGBTQ+ content on Instagram.

YouTube Reprimands Anti-Trans Activist But Leaves His Videos Up

Jordan Peterson deadnamed and misgendered Elliot Page and likened gender-affirming care to Nazi experimentation.

YouTube Offers Platform to Anti-Trans Hate, Says New Report

The social media platform has featured right-wing talkers misgendering and deadnaming trans people, calling them "perverts," and more, says Media Matters for America.

Search form

social media safety index

The 2025 Social Media Safety Index from GLAAD reveals widespread failures by major tech platforms to protect LGBTQ+ users.

GLAAD's second annual Social Media Safety index finds five major platforms wanting.

Most of the top social media companies got an 'F' grade on GLAAD’s 2024 Social Media Safety Index. Of the major platforms, TikTok was the only one to pass with a dismal D+ grade.

All five major platforms must do more to protect LGBTQ+ users, according to GLAAD's Social Media Safety Index Platform Scorecard.

Olson, an acclaimed filmmaker and an expert on media and technology, will lead efforts to make social media safe for LGBTQ+ people -- which it isn't now, she says.

Post’s inclusive policies and Discord’s protective measures contrast sharply with X’s backslide and Meta’s moderation struggles, highlighting the evolving battle for LGBTQ+ safety in social media.

Since buying Twitter, the billionaire has acted eratically on his rebranded social media platform.

The former CNN star will debut The Don Lemon Show on X, navigating a platform increasingly criticized for harmful rhetoric and declining safety for LGBTQ+ users.

It’s the latest attack on transgender people by Elon Musk’s company.

Many of the tech billionaire’s fans wondered why the noted transphobe would ask a like-minded person to stop attacking transgender people online.

A quiet update to the company's prohibition on releasing people's private information without their permission appears to complicate things for the account that constantly targets people.

The changes involve edits to LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, specifically the “Hateful and Derogatory Content” and “Harassment and Abusive Content” sections.

In a recent clash on social media, Elon Musk accused Stephen King of ‘deadnaming’ the platform formerly known as Twitter, now X.

The LGBTQ+ advocacy group is criticizing Meta for continuing to allow anti-trans content on its platforms without effective moderation.

Following a critical Oversight Board report on Meta’s handling of anti-trans Facebook content, GLAAD has urged the Meta CEO to address the company’s content moderation policies publicly.

Libs of TikTok celebrated the suspension, but on Wednesday, Alejandra Caraballo’s X account had been reinstated but was locked.

Promoting the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy now violates several companies’ content policies. Some companies say it's thanks to GLAAD's recommendations and research.

The suspension follows a report criticizing Meta’s handling of hateful anti-LGBTQ+ content on Instagram.

Jordan Peterson deadnamed and misgendered Elliot Page and likened gender-affirming care to Nazi experimentation.

Alejandra Caraballo says X is protecting right-wing extremists and silencing transgender voices.

The social media platform has featured right-wing talkers misgendering and deadnaming trans people, calling them "perverts," and more, says Media Matters for America.