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11-06-2017, 04:08 PM
Twitter's search tool is blocking photo searches of #bisexual, but not #lesbian or #gay
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Twitter has a lot of explaining to do.*
The social media platform is under scrutiny after several accounts noticed the search tool had begun to bar photos (as well as videos and news) tagged with the #bisexual hashtag — and others.*
SEE ALSO: Why Twitter's 30 million bots are here to stay (http://mashable.com/2017/10/16/twitter-bots-here-to-stay/)
Today @Twitter (https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @TwitterSupport (https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) introduced a search filter blocking photo search on #bisexual (https://twitter.com/hashtag/bisexual?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and #bisexuality (https://twitter.com/hashtag/bisexuality?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) hashtags (among others). (1/2) pic.twitter.com/W2yGZ0BrXH (https://t.co/W2yGZ0BrXH)
— BiPrideUK (@BiPrideUK) November 4, 2017 (https://twitter.com/BiPrideUK/status/926917066296381447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The hashtags #bisexual and #bisexuality are not the only ones to be filtered out by Twitter's search tools. Included in the block are words like "butt," "boobs," and various sexual slurs, but as historian and CUNY professor Angus Johnston (@studentactivism (https://twitter.com/studentactivism) on Twitter) pointed out in a series of tweets, there are inconsistencies with what has been blocked and what hasn't.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/05/twitter-block-bisexual-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Twitter has a lot of explaining to do.*
The social media platform is under scrutiny after several accounts noticed the search tool had begun to bar photos (as well as videos and news) tagged with the #bisexual hashtag — and others.*
SEE ALSO: Why Twitter's 30 million bots are here to stay (http://mashable.com/2017/10/16/twitter-bots-here-to-stay/)
Today @Twitter (https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @TwitterSupport (https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) introduced a search filter blocking photo search on #bisexual (https://twitter.com/hashtag/bisexual?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and #bisexuality (https://twitter.com/hashtag/bisexuality?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) hashtags (among others). (1/2) pic.twitter.com/W2yGZ0BrXH (https://t.co/W2yGZ0BrXH)
— BiPrideUK (@BiPrideUK) November 4, 2017 (https://twitter.com/BiPrideUK/status/926917066296381447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The hashtags #bisexual and #bisexuality are not the only ones to be filtered out by Twitter's search tools. Included in the block are words like "butt," "boobs," and various sexual slurs, but as historian and CUNY professor Angus Johnston (@studentactivism (https://twitter.com/studentactivism) on Twitter) pointed out in a series of tweets, there are inconsistencies with what has been blocked and what hasn't.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/05/twitter-block-bisexual-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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