Hello! I’m the BBC’s Social Media Investigations Correspondent. I do podcasts investigating the real-world consequences of what's unfolding on social media - disinformation, hate, algorithms - for BBC Radio 4, BBC Panorama & across BBC News.
More here. https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/27/its-important-to-talk-about-online-abuse-marianna-spring-on-trolls-conspiracy-theorists-and-positivity
More here. https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/27/its-important-to-talk-about-online-abuse-marianna-spring-on-trolls-conspiracy-theorists-and-positivity
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Nice to see you on BlueSky!
I doubt you'll get any of the abuse you receive on the other place
Looking forward to your analysis of Bluesky so far
In actual reality it's a trans person signing a statutory declaration that they're permanently changing gender for the purposes of birth, marriage and death with 2 years in prison if false.
Can a woman have a penis? YES, because the Gender Recognition Act changes a trans woman's legal sex from man to woman and doesn't require any genital surgery.
But that's not what social media (or the BBC) will say.