Transgender activist Miss Peppermint said she was shocked to see her name and photo above a tweet she never wrote. Her story is just one example amid a surge of recent online disinformation targeting transgender people
Deadly mass shootings in the United States have fueled a torrent of online disinformation targeting an unlikely group: transgender people.
The narrative is the latest to fuel anti-LGBTQ disinformation on platforms such as Twitter, which analysts say has increased sharply since Elon Musk bought the company. The tweet said transgender people planning to"commit a heinous crime" should"clear your social media" to avoid potential blowback. Several conservative influencers shared it after police identified Nashville shooter Audrey Hale as transgender."I was receiving actual death threats, people saying we're coming with our guns for you, we know where you are," she said.
Twitter has seen a spike in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric since Musk's takeover of the company, according to a March report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate . Exacerbating the spread of disinformation is Twitter's updated verification policy, which no longer distinguishes between public figures and users who subscribe to Twitter Blue.
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