X Revises Misgendering Policy Amid Right-Wing Backlash

The social media platform, X, modifies its policy on misgendering and deadnaming following criticism from conservative users and commentators.

X, formerly Twitter, adjusts its policy to only reduce the visibility of misgendering or deadnaming posts where required by local laws, after facing pressure from right-wing users.
Elon Musk, X's owner, engaged with conservative commentators, leading to the policy's modification to not apply globally but only in specific legal contexts.
The policy initially aimed to limit the reach of posts that intentionally misgender or use a former name of a user, but was changed after threats of advertising boycotts from figures like Tim Pool.
Before Musk's acquisition, Twitter had a policy against intentional misgendering or deadnaming, which was removed a few months after the takeover.
Musk has previously faced criticism for his stance on pronouns and has been known to reinstate accounts banned for violating Twitter's previous hateful conduct policy.