A survey carried out by YouGov and commissioned by GLAAD, Kairos, UltraViolet and Ladies’s March didn’t paint a fairly image of the net expertise for LGBTQ+ individuals, individuals of coloration and girls—and the survey was carried out months earlier than Elon Musk took over Twitter and gutted its inner and contract content material moderation groups.
The survey of 1,235 American social media customers, carried out from July 7 by means of 22, discovered that LGBTQ+ individuals, individuals of coloration and girls expertise increased ranges of harassment and threats of violence on social media than different customers, with 57% of respondents reporting that they noticed posts calling for bodily violence primarily based on an individual’s race, gender or sexuality.