Elon Musk caves to the Troon Cult
X will now lower the visibility of posts that "misgender" or "deadname"
When Elon Musk bought Twitter, many people expected a new era of unbridled free speech. Well, if that was ever in the cards, it’s over and done with now. X has revived a version of Old Twitter’s policy against “misgendering” and “deadnaming.”
Here are some details (hat tip to
)X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, updated its abuse and harassment rules to revive regulations around content that misgenders or deadnames individuals.
The quiet update comes less than a year after the platform, under Musk’s ownership, revoked its ban on content that uses a transgender person’s name before they transitioned — known as a deadname — or purposefully used the wrong gender for someone.
The updated rules state X “will reduce the visibility of posts that purposefully use different pronouns to address someone other than what that person uses for themselves, or that use a previous name that someone no longer goes by as part of their transition.”
Well, there you go, folks. You have to go along …