{"id":771,"date":"2018-11-28T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandc.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2018-11-28T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T17:42:12","slug":"in-late-october-twitter-banned-deadnaming-transgender-users-deliberately-referring-to-them-with-the-wrong-pronoun-as-it-seeks-to-crack-down-on-abuse-adi-robertson-the-verge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dandc.com\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"In late October, Twitter banned “deadnaming” transgender users, deliberately referring to them with the wrong pronoun, as it seeks to crack down on abuse (Adi Robertson\/The Verge)"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Techmeme<\/a> November 27, 2018 at 01:38PM<\/p>\n


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Twitter now prohibits misgendering or “deadnaming” transgender people, alongside other harassment and abuse tactics. The change appears to have happened<\/a> in late October, but news of it began circulating<\/a> late last week. It’s part of a more general rewording of the hateful conduct policy, which now emphasizes the fact that certain groups — including transgender people — are disproportionately targeted with abuse.<\/p>\n

The hateful conduct policy previously banned<\/a> “repeated and\/or non-consensual slurs, epithets, racist and sexist tropes, or other content that degrades someone.” The new policy specifies that “this includes targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” — i.e., deliberately referring to a transgender person with the wrong pronouns or using their pre-transition name.<\/p>\n

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