Elon Musk's X has already backed off its new anti-trans hate policy

X, formerly known as Twitter, has already backed off its new policy that discouraged – but did not prohibit – anti-trans hate and harassment against transgender users on the platform, just days after rolling it out.On Thursday, X updated its “Abuse and Harassment” policy to add a new section called “Use of Prior Names and Pronouns.” According to this updated policy, a post would receive reduced visibility if it misgendered a user or used their former name and the targeted user reported the post. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk’s X has a new policy that discourages — but doesn’t prohibit — anti-trans hate However, over the past 24 hours, this new policy has already been changed. And the update completely alters how the policy is enforced.Here are the original terms of the new policy, first reported last Thursday:”We will reduce the visibility of posts that purposefully use different pronouns to address someone other than what that person uses for themselves, or that use a previous name that someone no longer goes by as part of their transition. Given the complexity of determining whether such a violation has occurred, we must always hear from the target to determine if a violation has occurred.”And here are the updated terms of the new policy, with the new wording bold and italicized by Mashable, which appears to have been updated sometime over the past day:”Where required by local laws, we will reduce the visibility of posts that purposefully use different pronouns to address someone other…Elon Musk's X has already backed off its new anti-trans hate policy