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Twitter quietly removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
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Twitter has quietly erased a policy against the "targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals," raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform may become less safe for marginalized groups.
In 2018, Twitter had enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person's name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form of harassment.
On Monday, Twitter also said it will only put warning labels on some tweets that are "potentially" in violation of its rules against hateful conduct. Previously, the tweets were removed. Within this policy update, it appears that Twitter deleted the line against deadnaming from its rules.
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