{"id":1397389,"date":"2022-03-23T23:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T03:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397389"},"modified":"2022-03-23T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T03:14:36","slug":"twitter-responds-to-babylon-bees-appeal-keeps-them-locked-out-of-their-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-responds-to-babylon-bees-appeal-keeps-them-locked-out-of-their-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Responds To Babylon Bee\u2019s Appeal, Keeps Them Locked Out Of Their Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-responds-to-babylon-bees-appeal-keeps-them-locked-out-of-their-account%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397389&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Twitter-scaled-e1647825758501.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Twitter has refused to revoke its decision to lock The Babylon Bee\u2019s account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-locks-out-babylon-bee-over-rachel-levine-tweet-the-bee-responds-truth-is-not-hate-speech\"><span>revealed<\/span><\/a><span> that the Christian satire site had been locked out of its Twitter account for \u201chateful conduct.\u201d On Wednesday evening, Dillon noted that Twitter denied his company\u2019s appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Dillon, the company wrote: \u201cOur support team has determined that a violation did take place, and therefore we will not overturn our decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update: Twitter has denied The Babylon Bee\u2019s appeal. They wrote, \u201cOur support team has determined that a violation did take place, and therefore we will not overturn our decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1506799894538895366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Twitter\u2019s initial decision occurred in reaction to The Babylon Bee\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year-is-rachel-levine\"><span>piece<\/span><\/a><span> from last week, which jokingly named Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine as \u201cMan of the Year.\u201d Levine \u2014 a transgender person who claims female identity \u2014 formerly served as Pennsylvania\u2019s Secretary of Health and was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve in the federal government. Recently, Levine was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/usa-today-names-women-of-the-year-heres-one-of-them\"><span>named<\/span><\/a><span> one of USA Today\u2019s \u201cWomen of the Year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twitter flagged the Bee\u2019s post poking fun at USA Today for violating its rules against \u201chateful conduct.\u201d The rule states, \u201cYou may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dillon wrote that the account could be restored 12 hours after the company deleted the tweet linking to the Levine article. Dillon, however, refused to acquiesce. \u201cWe\u2019re not deleting anything. Truth is not hate speech,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIf the cost of telling the truth is the loss of our Twitter account, then so be it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twitter took similar action against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, who pointed out on Twitter that \u201cRachel Levine is a man.\u201d He was subsequently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-ag-flagged-on-twitter-for-hateful-conduct-after-calling-biologically-male-rachel-levine-a-man\"><span>flagged<\/span><\/a><span> for \u201chateful conduct\u201d by the social media giant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paxton later released a statement doubling down on his original message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYesterday I stated an irrefutable scientific fact: Rachel Levine is a man,\u201d Paxton wrote. \u201cI pointed this out after USA Today named him a \u2018Woman\u2019 of the Year. But Levine is not a woman. He has one X and one Y chromosome and other male-sex characteristics. I just follow the science.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor simply saying this matter-of-factly, Twitter blocked it as \u2018hateful.\u2019 Users can now only access my statement through a trigger-warning filter. And even then, users can neither like it nor comment on it,\u201d he continued. \u201cAt the same time, hundreds of other verified accounts saying the exact same thing remain untouched and unfiltered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The suspensions over criticism of Levine come after conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-suspends-conservative-pundit-allie-beth-stuckey-for-stating-that-transgender-weightlifter-is-a-man\"><span>suspended<\/span><\/a><span> last August for a tweet that criticized transgender Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard competing against females: \u201cHubbard failing at the event doesn\u2019t make his inclusion fair. He\u2019s still a man, and men shouldn\u2019t compete against women in weightlifting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twitter flagged the post for \u201chateful conduct\u201d and told Stuckey, \u201cYou may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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