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An Open Letter to Facebook: On the Hate Speech Against the LGBTQ+ Community in the Middle East and North Africa

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After the distressing spreadings of hate speech on the LGBT community in the Middle East and North Africa: An open letter from twenty-two regional and international organizations to Facebook administration

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Morocco: LGBT + community targets social media whistleblowing campaign

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For several weeks, the Moroccan LGBT + community has been the victim of an intense campaign of denunciation, defamation and in some cases of extortion. The target, users of dating applications dedicated to the community who find themselves trapped by fake accounts, who threaten to reveal their identity.

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Thailand: Outrage over U=U messaging: An example of pervasive stigma and discrimination in 2020

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Professor Praphan Phanuphak was also invited for a televised interview to discuss the legitimacy of the message, together with the influencer and an HIV advocate. Instead of condemning the influencer as the audiences would like to see, Professor Praphan Phanuphak and the HIV advocate endorsed U=U.

ILGA-Europe welcomes a landmark European Court of Human Rights judgment on online hate speech

Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Lithuania’s failure to investigate online hateful comments against a gay couple to violate their rights to private and family life as well as being discriminatory on the ground of sexual orientation.

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Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs, LGBT activists say, ‘harming public health’

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Fifty-two top LGBT advocates say the company has ignored their calls to action, creating a major public-health concern that puts patients at risk.

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US: Open Letter to Facebook

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The advertisements are targeting LGBTQ Facebook and Instagram users, and are causing significant harm to public health. The signers of this letter, including members of Facebook’s LGBTQ Network of Support, request that Facebook and Instagram remove the advertisements and also publicly address the misinformation that the platforms allowed to spread.

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India: How stigma prevents Delhi’s gay men from getting tested for HIV

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Societal pressures, stigma and 'a lot of shame' push gay sex underground, meaning NGOs must come up with innovative ways to reach members of at-risk community

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Facebook needs to take responsibility for the horrifying impact it’s had on the global strikedown of LGBT+ rights

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Regressive organisations seem happy to use social media to lie, cheat and misinform to get what they want, posing a real threat to the ongoing move to equal rights