The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media
Trialling ActivityPub and the federated model for social media and it's possibilities for the BBC.
Edit: they published some transphobic shit: https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/02/15/ilga-europe-transphobia-uk-bbc/
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I woke to discover this, and immediately defederated it. I don't need that transphobia factory in our timelines
Ok but not everything revolves around trans people's issues. Can we be glad for a positive development for once, or will we remove everything that does not 100% agree with our view of the world from the fediverse?
Defederating isn't irrational, it's not a matter of personal beliefs it's a matter of actual people's lives and being allowed to express themselves. Going against that is inhumane and anyone that does it should be held accountable for their actions. Despite that, mainstream attention direcred towards the fediverse is a positive advancement.
Clarify?
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
Are there articles you can share?
It's pretty widely known and has been an issue for a long time. It's not terribly hard to google for.
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
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.
"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?"
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.
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.