Meta hits all-time low for LGBTQ+ safety in new GLAAD report

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Meta hits all-time low for LGBTQ+ safety in new GLAAD report

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/12/glaad-social-media-safety-index-meta/ 🔗

Poppy-Jay St. Palmer (12 May 2026)

The LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation's Social Media Safety Index confirmed that Meta's policy changes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads have made the platforms more harmful for queer users, particularly trans and non-binary people.

The news comes after a year in which Meta has been scaling back best practice policies surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and loosening its hateful conduct policies.

In 2025, Meta's policy changes included allowing anti-LGBTQ+ terminology when referring to queer people, removing protections for LGBTQ+ people, modifying sections of its Hateful Conduct policy to allow anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and ending its DEI and US fact-checking programmes, amongst others.

Over the past few years, Meta has also been routinely accused of removing LGBTQ+ content and accounts from its platforms following false user reports and then denying any meaningful ways to appeal the removals.

The tech company also controversially appointed right-wing, anti-DEI pundit Robby Starbuck as its AI advisor in August last year. Starbuck's appointment came as part of a settlement when he sued Meta after its AI chatbot falsely claimed he took part in the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

[Moonflower]

According to what I've come across, BlueSky and Signal are the only general-audience platforms that might be supporting healthy choices. They are my first choice, but I diversify and expand my horizon by also cautiously using Facebook, WhatsApp, and Substack. When Facebook shows me an increasing number of offensive posts, I protect myself by disconnecting from them and staying away for a while. When I return, their algorithm seems to understand the meaning of my response, and feeds me alluring content.

[Lori Dee ✅]

I unplugged from all social media accounts ten years ago. I find them all to be toxic.
I don't miss them at all.

[Dawn Kellie]

I unplugged from all social media accounts ten years ago. I find them all to be toxic.
I don't miss them at all.

I don't have any either.  To much fecal matter on them.