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The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BlackRose@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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Edit: they published some transphobic shit: https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/02/15/ilga-europe-transphobia-uk-bbc/

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[-] ada 21 points 1 year ago

The BBC is actively transphobic, and regularly publishes transphobic content that stirs up hate. Given that I admin two trans heavy instances, I won't be federating with them

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I've always considered them very left leaning historically. Do you have any links that have this content? I can't find any doing a search.

[-] BlackRose@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are there articles you can share?

[-] ada 9 points 1 year ago

https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/02/15/ilga-europe-transphobia-uk-bbc/

[-] BlackRose@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you, added it to the post.

[-] kukkurovaca 5 points 1 year ago

It's pretty widely known and has been an issue for a long time. It's not terribly hard to google for.

[-] BlackRose@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I tried to google it before asking

edit: the only result i found was this: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/04/bbc-changes-online-article-at-centre-of-transphobia-row

edit2: does this sum it up? https://www.them.us/story/bbc-latest-transphobic-screed-is-a-mockery-of-journalism

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I've also been looking. I see other websites complaining, but I want to see actual BBC content that's inflamatory etc, as I can't find anything. It must exist, but so far, can't find it.

[-] ada 5 points 1 year ago

"Many people have blocked the BBC for posting transphobic content that is harmful to trans folk"

"Hey, can you please share some of that harmful content?"

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Well honestly, if it can't be sourced, is it even true? I'm all for burning a media outlet at the stake. But, I'd want to see evidence first. If it can't be found, it's not true for all intent and purpose.

[-] ada 4 points 1 year ago

There are links to various articles about it in this discussion tree. You're either not looking hard for sources, or you're being disingenuous. I hope it's the former, but experience tells me it's the latter.