Coverage dated March 20, 2022 to March 23, 2022

Twitter Denies Babylon Bee Appeal After Account Lockdown

Headline from Breitbart News, on the newest of 3 developments

Twitter denied the Christian satire site The Babylon Bee's appeal on Wednesday after it had its account lockdown over a joke.

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Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

Mar 21, 2022
The Babylon Bee's Twitter Account Was Suspended, But That Made Its Story Go Viral
Headline from Forbes ·
Mar 23, 2022
Twitter Suspends Babylon Bee Editor in Chief for Mocking Platform's Censorship
Headline from Breitbart News ·
Mar 24, 2022Newest
Twitter Denies Babylon Bee Appeal After Account Lockdown
Headline from Breitbart News ·

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Reports & sources

16 articles, oldest first.

Forbes
The Babylon Bee's Twitter Account Was Suspended, But That Made Its Story Go Viral (opens Forbes)
Published Mar 20, 2022
Forbes's feed description
If Twitter's goal had been to remove the harmful content, it backfired spectacularly
Washington Examiner
<i>Babylon Bee</i> Twitter account locked due to anti-transgender tweet (opens Washington Examiner)
Published Mar 20, 2022
Washington Examiner's feed description
Twitter locked out the owners of the Babylon Bee account over a tweet mocking U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, who is a transgender woman.
Breitbart News
Twitter Locks Babylon Bee Account for 'Hateful Conduct' (opens Breitbart News)
Published Mar 20, 2022
Breitbart News's feed description
Twitter locked the Christian satire site The Babylon Bee out of its account on Sunday for "hateful conduct."
The Hill
Twitter suspends Babylon Bee for misgendering Rachel Levine (opens The Hill)
Published Mar 20, 2022
The Hill's feed description
Twitter suspended the account of right-leaning parody site The Babylon Bee after a tweet misgendered U.S.
NewsBusters
NEW: Twitter Locks The Babylon Bee’s Account (opens NewsBusters)
Published Mar 20, 2022
NewsBusters's feed description
Twitter locked The Babylon Bee’s account Sunday evening. The platform locked the account after the satire site posted that Rachel Levine was the site’s “Man of the Year.” Levine is a transgender woman. The Bee’s CEO Seth Dillon tweeted about the suspension Sunday evening.
Relevant Magazine
The Babylon Bee Is Refusing to Delete the Post That Got Their Account Locked on Twitter - RELEVANT (opens Relevant Magazine)
Published Mar 20, 2022
Relevant Magazine's feed description
Over the weekend, Twitter locked the account of conservative satire site the Babylon Bee after it named U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel
Advocate
Twitter Suspends Right-Wing Site for Misgendering Rachel Levine (opens Advocate)
Published Mar 20, 2022
Advocate's feed description
The social media platform suspended The Babylon Bee for calling the transgender federal official its Man of the Year.
Breitbart News
Twitter Suspends Babylon Bee Editor in Chief for Mocking Platform's Censorship (opens Breitbart News)
Published Mar 22, 2022
Breitbart News's feed description
The editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee, the popular conservative-run satirical website, has been locked out of his Twitter account after mocking the platform for allowing Chinese officials involved in abuses against the country's Uighur minority on the platform while conservatives are censored.
Townhall
What Do You Know? Twitter Just Keeps Going After The Babylon Bee (opens Townhall)
Published Mar 22, 2022
Townhall's feed description
If it's a new day this week, it means that Twitter has found another way to punish The Babylon Bee. The social media platform has not only locked account features
Townhall
Twitter Has Doubled Down on Punishing the Babylon Bee (opens Townhall)
Published Mar 22, 2022
Townhall's feed description
Twitter, since we last covered their punishment of the Babylon Bee on Sunday, is doubling down on censoring conservative accounts. This includes the Babylon Bee's editor-in-chief, Kyle Mann, as CEO
NewsBusters
Twitter STINGS Babylon Bee with Censor Blitz Over Trans Satire Posts (opens NewsBusters)
Published Mar 23, 2022
NewsBusters's feed description
Twitter mashed its SHUT UP button on Christian satire site The Babylon Bee. Twitter’s latest episode in its ongoing campaign to silence The Bee involved reportedly locking its founder Adam Ford out of his account for simply trolling the platform with benign humor.
Breitbart News
Twitter Denies Babylon Bee Appeal After Account Lockdown (opens Breitbart News)
Published Mar 23, 2022
Breitbart News's feed description
Twitter denied the Christian satire site The Babylon Bee's appeal on Wednesday after it had its account lockdown over a joke.
Fox News
The Babylon Bee reacts to losing Twitter appeal: 'Doesn't change our position' (opens Fox News)
Published Mar 23, 2022
Fox News's feed description
Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said Wednesday that Twitter denied the satirical site's appeal after being locked out of their account.

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