Earlier this week, the hashtag “Respect gay rights” went viral in Arabic and provoked a storm of controversy in the Arabic-speaking world. What apparently started as an effort to promote ...

While it appears that the hashtag was started in order to promote respect for LGBT+ rights in the Arabic speaking world, it was unfortunately hijacked by those who offered less-than-supportive ...

While Instagram users can still search for hashtags to find relevant content, the platform recently removed the ability to follow hashtags, so users no longer see posts that include hashtags they ...