MARCH 22, 2022 12:09 PM
BY CHRISTOPHER HUTTON
Another Twitter account was restricted after it referred to a transgender Biden official as a man.
The conservative Christian Post said on Monday that Twitter temporarily limited its account after referring to Assistant Secretary of Health
Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, as a man, marking the second action taken by Twitter against conservative accounts referring to Levine as a biological man in 48 hours.
"USA Today names Rachel Levine, a man, among its 'Women of the Year," the March 15 tweet said.
The Christian Post claimed it received notification on Sunday that it had violated Twitter's policy regarding "hateful conduct." The account's features, including the ability to like, follow, or retweet content, were then limited but could be restored after 12 hours once the tweet in question was deleted. The newspaper's leadership has said it does not plan to remove the tweet, telling the Washington Examiner, "We will continue to speak the truth even if it costs us our Twitter account."
The Christian Post argued its choice to refer to Levine being a biological male was intentional.
"The reason that The Christian Post is such a stickler for language, especially when reporting on the developments of transgender ideology, is because we value the truth," Christian
Post investigative reporter Brandon Showalter told the Washington Examiner. "If we fail to maintain the integrity of what and how we report on these hot-button issues, we do a great disservice to our readers who count on us to communicate honestly. We simply cannot in good conscience overwrite the truth of our physiology with words that have no meaning or the opposite meaning."
The outlet also may have violated German and French laws regarding internet content, according to a notification it received on Friday. While the newspaper attempted to appeal the decision, the matter remains under review as of Monday.
Twitter took similar action against the conservative satire website the Babylon Bee on Sunday, limiting access to the account due to a tweet identifying Levine as a man. Twitter told the website that its account would be restored within 12 hours of the tweet's deletion, an action the company's CEO Seth Dillon said will not be taken.
"We're not deleting anything," Dillon said. "Truth is not hate speech. If the cost of telling the truth is the loss of our Twitter account, then so be it."
Twitter's policy on hateful conduct includes "repeated and/or nonconsensual slurs, epithets, racist and sexist tropes, or other content that degrades someone." This category includes "targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faithfreedom-self-reliance/christian-post-twitter-account-restricted-foridentifying-rachel-levine-as-a-man
