Twitter is being criticised for failing to show any photos under the bisexual hashtag.<\/p>\n
Some are calling it\u00a0bi-erasure, as photo results for “lesbian” and “gay” still exist.<\/p>\n
Users are pointing out that when you search #bisexual, a message appears on the photos tab stating: “The term you entered did not bring up any results.”<\/p>\n
Twitter say there was no “erasure” and that there was an “error with the system that has been revolved.”<\/p>\n
Kate Harrad, of campaign group The Bisexual Index, tells Newsbeat that bisexual people have “historically been hypersexualised and associated with porn and promiscuity”.<\/p>\n
“Every bi-activist knows the problems of trying to search for bi-content on the web and some public wifi systems block it altogether, even when it’s nothing to do with sex, because bisexual is seen as a dodgy word in itself.<\/p>\n
“This is why Twitter needs to be very sensitive to any filtering that reduces access to bi content, and very aware of the problem of bisexual erasure.”<\/p>\n
\nConfirming that if you search\u00a0#bisexual\u00a0and click on photos, there is NOTHING there.<\/p>\n
I’m bi. I am a person. My existence isn’t offensive.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Whitney Drake \ud83c\udf0a\u2728 (@whitneyd)\u00a0November 5, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nIf you search\u00a0#bisexual\u00a0and click on photos or news there are no results.<\/p>\n
This is bi-erasure.\u00a0@Twitter\u00a0has done this. \ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21\ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n
We exist.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Karen (@ManicMippisMum)\u00a0November 5, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
It’s not known whether the omission is connected to recent changes made to Twitter’s rules around potentially sensitive material.<\/p>\n
\n\nWe\u2019ve identified an error with search results for certain terms. We apologize for this. We\u2019re working quickly to resolve & will update soon.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)\u00a0November 5, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
An update on November 3\u00a0listed new ways\u00a0it was dealing with issues such as spam, graphic violence, adult content and abusive behaviour.<\/p>\n
Currently, no photos show up regardless of whether the “hide sensitive content” button is checked or unchecked.<\/p>\n
Find us on Instagram at\u00a0<\/i>BBCNewsbeat\u00a0and follow us on Snapchat, search for\u00a0<\/i>bbc_newsbeat<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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