When TikTok Bans the Trans Flag Emoji, the Platform Becomes the Message
To the corporations, we are nothing but data points and income streams that can be exchanged as part of a deal. To many of the trans users who rely on these platforms for their only understanding community, losing access to said platforms means losing access to their whole social world.
The internet will only be a place of free mass communication if the means of communicating aren’t co-opted by fascism.
Yesterday, TikTok users reported that they were no longer able to use the trans flag emoji when writing on TikTok. In its place, users were only able to post the white flag and a trans symbol, which far fewer people recognize.
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