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Online platforms have enabled ‘deluge of hatred against trans women’ in the UK

Social media platforms have policies against discriminatory and hateful content – but LGBTQ+ rights activists say they’re not working

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‘I didn’t know where the next punch was going to come from,said one trans woman | PA/PA Archive/PA Images. All rights reserved

Trans people in the UK have faced a “deluge of hatred” and an increasingly “hostile environment” online, say LGBTQ+ rights activists. Social media platforms including Twitter and YouTube have policies intended to prevent discriminatory and hateful content, but activists say they’re not working.