TikTok bans \u2018Super Straight\u2019 hashtag for spreading \u201chateful ideologies\u201d Super StraightTikTok has banned the \u2018Super Straight\u2019 hashtag along with its original creators for spreading \u201chate speech and hateful ideologies,\u201d after many called out the transphobic nature of the trend. The term Super Straight was originally popularized by TikTok user Kyle Royce, who, in a now-deleted video, told viewers that he had \u201cmade a new sexuality.\u201d He said, \u201cnow, I\u2019m Super Straight. I only date the opposite gender, women, that are born women. So you can\u2019t say I\u2019m transphobic now because that\u2019s just my sexuality.\u201d The video quickly picked up traction before it was deleted, and spread to other sites like Twitter and Reddit, with some people even making flags and putting them in their bios. However, many slammed the trend for being transphobic, as it was being used to perpetuate hate towards transgender people. https:\/\/youtu.be\/z8vQhkPnEE4 It also later transpired that many of the symbols that were being associated with the Super Straight tag, and used in some of the flags, were other hate symbols. However, a TikTok representative speaking to PinkNews revealed that they were banning the tag from the platform, along with Kyle Royce who posted the original video. TikTok said, \u201cOur community guidelines make clear that we do not tolerate hate speech or hateful ideologies, and we take action when issues are brought to our attention,\u201d adding that, \u201cWe will continue to monitor this situation for further developments and take action wherever necessary.\u201d Attempting to access the hashtag via TikTok now brings up the error message, \u201cno results found.\u201d Beneath this is a note that reads, \u201cthis phrase may be associated with behavior or content that violates our guidelines. Promoting a safe and positive experience is TikTok\u2019s top priority.\u201d It does appear, however, that some hashtags with deliberate misspellings of Super Straight have been popping up on the app, with people looking to replace the now-banned tag. But, it\u2019s clear that TikTok is cracking down on these types of harmful trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok bans \u2018Super Straight\u2019 hashtag for spreading \u201chateful ideologies\u201d Super StraightTikTok has banned the \u2018Super Straight\u2019 hashtag along with its original creators for spreading \u201chate speech and hateful ideologies,\u201d after many called out the transphobic nature of the trend. The term Super Straight was originally popularized by TikTok user Kyle Royce, who, in a now-deleted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}