The Los Angeles district attorney's office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced it will no longer post news or other content on Twitter, citing "unchecked vitriol" on the social media platform, including in comments on the office's page.The Los Angeles district attorney's office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of "vicious" homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported.
Twitter, whose new CEO, Linda Yaccarino started on Monday, did not respond to a message for comment. Attacks on LGBTQ+ users have increased substantially since Elon Musk took over the company last fall, according to multiple advocacy groups. In April, for instance, Twitter quietly removed a policy against the "targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals," raising concerns that the platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups. Musk has also repeatedly engaged with far-right figures and pushed misinformation to his 143 million followers.
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