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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Io Dodds

Conservative satire site The Babylon Bee locked out of Twitter for misgendering trans White House official

Alie Skowronski/The Columbus Dispatch via AP

The conservative satirical news site The Babylon Bee has had its Twitter account frozen for intentionally referring to a transgender White House official by her birth sex.

Seth Dillon, the Bee's chief executive, shared a warning from the social network on Monday saying the Bee had broken its rules against "hateful conduct" and would be blocked from posting new tweets until it deleted the offending content.

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