Deadly mass shootings in the United States have fuelled a torrent of online disinformation targeting an unlikely group: transgender people.
Recent mass shootings in the US have fuelled online disinformation campaign against transgender people.There were misinformation campaigns targeting transgender people in the wake of recent mass shootings in the US.
Before police identified the gunman who killed five people at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, users on the fringe internet forum 4chan speculated that the shooter was transgender. "At first I thought that I must have been hacked," Ms Peppermint told AFP. "Clearly I didn't make that statement. It's a statement that I would never have made."
"It is awful that anti-trans extremists are hijacking this moment to baselessly lie, spread disinformation and attack trans people, including Peppermint," said Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, an LGBTQ advocacy organisation.Anti-LGBTIQ+ disinformation thrives on Twitter because "the platform prioritises conflict," Ms Greenesmith said.
These accounts consist of right-wing influencers, some of whom were once suspended from Twitter for breaching the company's hate speech policies. They were reinstated after Mr Musk purchased the company.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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