Elon Musk Has Not Blocked Pride-Related Content from X, Contrary to Posts

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take X owner Elon Musk has rolled back policies intended to protect transgender people from harassment on his platform. But social media posts falsely claimed Pride-related content has now been “blocked on X permanently,” citing a purported “late-night announcement” by Musk. The claim originated on a satirical website. Full Story In October 2022, Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired Twitter and renamed it X. In a message to advertisers, Musk, who is a self-described “free speech absolutist,” wrote that he planned to make the social media platform “a digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.” But as CEO, Musk rolled back policies aimed at protecting transgender people from harassment online. In 2023, X removed a sentence from its hateful conduct policy prohibiting the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of trans individuals.” In July, Musk announced on X that he would be moving SpaceX and X headquarters from California to Texas after California passed a law barring schools from requiring that teachers notify parents of changes to their child’s gender identity. “This is the final straw,” Musk said of the...