{"id":1404044,"date":"2022-03-28T08:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404044"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:16:45","slug":"twitter-locks-out-federalist-editor-for-stating-truth-about-rachel-levine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-locks-out-federalist-editor-for-stating-truth-about-rachel-levine\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Locks Out Federalist Editor For Stating Truth About Rachel Levine"},"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\">22<\/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-locks-out-federalist-editor-for-stating-truth-about-rachel-levine%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=1404044&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--><p>Federalist Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson was locked out of his Twitter account on Saturday for stating the fact that Biden administration official Rachel Levine is a man.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came following a Friday tweet from Davidson on the growing Big Tech censorship of \u201ceveryone who dissents from their ideology.\u201d In it, he correctly referred to Levine, who falsely claims to be a woman, as a male.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not even trying to hide it anymore,\u201d wrote Davidson. \u201cIf you say that Rachel Levine is a man, they will come after you. Doesn\u2019t matter that Levine is in fact a man. Truth is no defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours after Davidson posted this, Big Tech censors at Twitter removed the tweet from being viewed by the public and locked Davidson out of his account, claiming it \u201cviolated the Twitter Rules\u201d and that he would \u201cbe able to unlock [his] account\u201d within 12 hours. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNote: you may need to complete some additional tasks to resume using Twitter,\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture2.png 486w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture2-300x241-1.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The social media platform sent an additional message to Davidson on Sunday, telling the Federalist senior editor that, to have his account restored, he would have to \u201cacknowledge that [his] tweet violated the Twitter Rules\u201d and delete it. Davidson says that he has no intention of deleting the post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1-1.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1-213x300-1.jpg 213w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Davidson\u2019s Twitter lockout comes days after a major crackdown on Federalist content by Twitter, with the social media company <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/23\/twitter-is-censoring-federalist-reporting-as-violent-content\/\">recently<\/a> diverting users who click on Federalist articles \u201cto a landing page warning that links \u2018may be unsafe.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actions were reversed following an inquiry by The Federalist, with a Twitter spokesperson claiming \u201cthe URLs referenced were mistakenly marked under our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/safety-and-security\/phishing-spam-and-malware-links\">unsafe links policy<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Other notable figures recently suspended for making factual statements about sex include Kyle Mann and Adam Ford of The Babylon Bee, as well as Fox News host Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a senior at the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federalist Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson was locked out of his Twitter account on Saturday for stating the fact that Biden administration official Rachel Levine is a man. 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