Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is “rife with inappropriate content” and distributing extremist materials and “LGBT propaganda”
Russia has blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), accusing …
A look at EA's attempts to shut down “anti-DEI” mods for The Sims 4, including one that changes LGBT and Black NPCs to straight and white
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning. X: @msbowsetteplays X: @msbowsetteplays : This makes me so i...
US lawmakers are quickly advancing an anti-sex, anti-speech agenda in the name of kids' online safety, which could soon entangle every adult internet user
Today let's talk about a right we currently take for granted that may soon disappear: the ability to browse and post to most websites anonymously. Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange , @drewharwell@mast...
TikTok users show that Disney's text-to-speech Rocket the Raccoon voice wouldn't say words like “gay”, “lesbian”, or “queer”; the decision has now been reversed
Whatever was causing LGBT-related words to be silenced appears to have been reversed
Apple and Google's vague and inconsistent policies around hookup apps can harm LGBTQ people, especially those in countries with explicitly anti-LGBTQ laws
Wired UK : Tweets: @mikestabile , @nigelwuk , @lewdapril , @cathyreisenwitz , @maasalan , @jules_aint_shit , @omarijhardy , and @julieowono Tweets: Mike Stabile / @mikestabile : SWers and the LBGBTQ ...
Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts spreading anti-Semitism reported via their own complaint systems
Social media companies are failing to act on antisemitism. — Jerusalem Post : Social media platforms fail to address antisemitism - ADL report Donald H. Harrison / San Diego Jewish World : ADL Gra...
BlueCity, owner of China's biggest gay dating app Blued, buys Chinese lesbian dating app LESDO, marking the first ever deal within the country's LGBT market
Profile of China-based Blued, one of the largest gay dating apps in the world, which has succeeded by navigating complex rules while staying clear of activism
Blued, one of the biggest gay dating apps in the world, has succeeded because it plays by the ever-shifting rules for L.G.B.T.Q. China … Tweets: @chengela , @yilingliu95 , @anne_mariebrady , @bradryan...
Facebook ads with millions of views have pushed misinfo about HIV prevention drugs; LGBT advocates say FB's refusal to take them down is harming public health
but Facebook won't remove them https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @thatshockratees : Generations will look back on it with the same disbelieving horror we now look back on medieval open sewers runnin...
San Francisco Pride says Google can still participate in parade after ~100 Googlers petitioned it to drop Google as a sponsor over handling of LGBTQ+ issues
and successful April Glaser / Slate : The Wayfair Walkout Is a Different Kind of Tech Worker Protest Christine Fisher / Engadget : Google employees petition to ban the company from SF Pride Alyssa New...