Meta has profited from over 200 ads using the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur, even though the platform claims it prohibits the term | Media Matters for America

Meta has profited from over 200 ads using the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur
Meta has profited from over 200 ads using the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur, even though the platform claims it prohibits the term (Media Matters for America)

Meta confirmed last July that use of the word “groomer” to baselessly describe LGBTQ people violates its hate speech policies, but Media Matters has identified over 200 ads that Meta has profited from that contain the harmful messaging — including 63 new ads that garnered nearly 1 million impressions.

 Right-wing media’s misuse of the term “groomer” has helped fuel a recent rise in anti-LGBTQ sentiment and coincided with a conservative push to enact legislation that strips away the rights of LGBTQ people, especially transgender people. Meta publicly confirmed in July that, as The Daily Dot explained, “baselessly calling LGBTQ people or the community ‘groomers’ or accusing them of ‘grooming’ is governed under their policies prohibiting hate speech.”

Source: Meta has profited from over 200 ads using the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur, even though the platform claims it prohibits the term | Media Matters for America

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