Twitter just made it even harder for trans people to report online abuse

This is far from the platform’s first move against trans people since Elon Musk took the helm.

X, formerly known as Twitter, has removed the ability for users to specifically report anti-trans harassment on the site.

The change was pointed out by Alejandra Caraballo, a civil rights attorney and Harvard Law School instructor well-known among LGBTQ+ activists for her work tracking hate. Caraballo posted screenshots of the new hate speech reporting system that offers users a list of categories under which to place their complaints.

According to 2022 screenshots on Pocket-lint, there used to be more specific categories, with “misgendering or deadnaming” being one of them. Others included “Using slurs or harmful tropes” and “spreading fear about me because of my identity.” Now, those have been removed in favor of more general categories like…

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