Facebook and Instagram will block "conversion therapies"

Facebook and Instagram team up against so-called sexual “conversion therapies” for LGTB + people

GAYLES.TV.- The claims of various activists LGTB + have paid off and Facebook e Instagram have decided to ban any content that promotes misnamed «conversion therapies«. Facebook has announced that it will expand its policies on hate speech to include publications that advertise or promote this practice, in an initiative that will also be applied in Instagram.

"We do not allow attacks against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity and we are updating our policies to prohibit the promotion of «conversion therapy", has explained Tara hopkins, director of public policy for Instagram for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

"Therapies" in the UK

This change comes after activists in the United Kingdom ask the company to ban an organization promoting conversion therapy. They have obtained 200.000 signatures, including personalities such as Dua LipaElton John y Stephen Fry.

Specifically, they demanded that the profile of Instagram Used by Core Issues Trust, a promoter of «conversion therapy»Based in the United Kingdom. "We have removed infringing content from @coreissuestrusttv. We are always reviewing our policies and will continue to consult with experts and people with personal experiences to inform our approach.”, Confirmed the spokesperson for the social network.

Theconversion therapy»Is widely discredited and considered harmful by major medical associations. Various studies show that people who suffer from them, or who choose to undergo it, are at greater risk of depression and suicide. However, this kind of «therapies« they are legal in most parts of the world. They have been banned in Germany and some states of United States. En el United KingdomIn 2018, a total ban was announced that has not yet materialized.