Bob Dendry (Join Our Server!)<p>I'm saddened (but not surprised) by Google's decision to enable hate speech based on gender identity on their platform. The company joins a line of others waiting to kiss the feet of a president who cares as much about them as how far he could throw them.</p><p>The only purpose of such a policy is to pander to, enable and embolden bigots. Allowing such speech to remain on the platform and to stay published is almost certainly an illegal act in Australia if it is aimed at an Australian resident.</p><p>I am seriously considering my future of my YouTube channel. </p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>taylorlorenz</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-g</span><span class="invisible">ender-identity-from</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateSpeech</span></a></p>