Despite ban on “grooming” slur, Twitter takes no action on hateful posts

A new study shows a dramatic increase in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric on Twitter along with a “child grooming” narrative in paid Facebook ads following passage of Florida’s “Don’t say gay” law.

Kyle Dent
Checkpoint
Published in
4 min readAug 16, 2022

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A young woman wearing a rainbow shirt that almost blends into the rainbow painting on the wall.
A recently passed Florida law restricts what teachers can say about gender and sexual orientation. The passage of the law brought with it a large uptick in hateful messaging on social media platforms. (Photo by Isi Parente on Unsplash)

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Kyle Dent
Checkpoint

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