Twitter’s executive chair Elon Musk said late Tuesday the words “cisgender” and “cis” are considered “slurs” under the social media platform’s content policy, the latest ad-hoc policy change implemented by the billionaire who has previously made controversial remarks on gender identity.
Musk tweeted the two words are “considered slurs on this platform” and warned that “targeted harassment” against any person would result in “at minimum, temporary suspensions.”
Musk’s comment was in response to a user’s tweet claiming they were harassed after tweeting they reject the word “cis” and don’t wish to be referred to as such.
Twitter’s hateful conduct policy page does not explicitly mention what words the platform considers slurs, but notes it prohibits “targeting others with repeated slurs…that intends to degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category.”
Musk did not clarify when Twitter began considering those words slurs, and it is also unclear whether the platform has handed out any suspensions.
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