X backs down on misgendering policy after complaints

With the last change, “required by local law” It looks like there will be no penalties for misgendering or deadnaming people in X, except in rare cases.

Firstly Mashable The update, spotted by X’s, Twitter’s It comes after it reintroduced aspects of its old policy that covered its hateful conduct code. Before Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter banned targeted necronymization and misgendering. That part of the company’s rules was eliminated last April. Then, last week, ArsTechnica noted that the policy had been quietly updated to state that X would “reduce the visibility of posts that intentionally use different pronouns to refer to the person by a different name than the one they use for themselves, or use someone’s name before their gender change.”

X backs down on misgendering policy after complaints

X’teki As with most other changes, the company’s rules were created rather than a thoughtful process.
Musk’s There is significant confusion about the policy as it appears to be adjusted at their whim. This came to light in the last few days after Musk received many complaints regarding last week’s change.

X did not respond to a request for comment on the policy or why it was changed twice in as many days. However
Musk’un It is known that he is anti-trans and sympathizes with people who are harassed. One of his first moves after taking over the company was to reactivate some accounts that had been banned for violating the company’s previous hateful conduct policy. He has also repeatedly mocked people who indicate their pronouns and called out X staff for the company’s “freedom of expression, not access” policy. to a transphobic documentary
He publicly criticized them for trying to implement them.