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LGBTIQ+ violence promoted on Irish-based (social) media platforms Facebook and Youtube

23 Feb 2023

Countries

Ireland

The actor of the backlash

Media

The form of backlash

Enactment of violence (offline/online)

Political trend

Conservatism Anti-gender

Rights at stake and state’s obligations

Freedom from violence

Campaigns with hate-speech towards LGBTIQ+ individuals in Ireland, approved by social media platforms Facebook, Google and Tiktok (the former two based in Dublin, Ireland) were approved for publication. Even though these adverts did not go live, they did receive approval for publications from mentioned platforms, pointing towards a lack of protection from online violence towards LGBTIQ+ individuals. A call arises for the Irish government to take action and regulate the Irish-based companies.

See:

Extreme and violent anti-LGBTQ+ hate approved for publication by leading social media platforms | Global Witness (February 23, 2023),
Anti-LGBTQ+ ads approved for social publication - NGO (rte.ie) (February 23, 2023)