{"id":903652,"date":"2024-05-21T08:53:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?page_id=903652"},"modified":"2024-05-21T08:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:53:46","slug":"threads-platform-score-2024-social-media-safety-index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/smsi\/2024\/threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads Platform Score – 2024 Social Media Safety Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Threads<\/span><\/h2>

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Launched in 2023, Meta\u2019s app Threads is new to the SMSI Platform Scorecard, and receives a score of 51. Covered by Instagram\u2019s Community Guidelines<\/a>, Threads has a comprehensive protected groups policy that protects LGBTQ users from hate, harassment, and discrimination on the platform. In its \u201cGender Identity Policy and User Tools<\/a>\u201d policy, and in tier 3 of its Bullying and Harassment policy<\/a>, the company discloses a policy protecting transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming users from targeted misgendering. However, the policy requires self-reporting,[1]<\/sup><\/a> the protections do not extend to public figures, and the company does not disclose a similar disclosure related to targeted deadnaming. In its 2023 Responsible Business Practices Report<\/a>, Meta also discloses a commitment to diversifying its workforce, and publishes voluntarily self-disclosed data on its LGBTQ employees.<\/p>

However, Meta falls short of providing adequate policy protections for its LGBTQ users on several other important issues. Notably, Threads does not have a policy in place that expressly protects users from targeted deadnaming. While the company has a feature allowing users to add preferred pronouns to their user profiles, the company discloses that this option is currently not available to all users. The company also discloses only limited options for users to control who can see their gender pronouns. Moreover, Meta\u2019s most recent Community Guidelines Enforcement report does not disclose any data for Threads, and it is therefore not clear how many pieces of content or accounts were restricted for violations to the platform’s policies protecting LGBTQ users.<\/p>

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