Twitter suspends Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering transgender four-star officer

Twitter suspended the account of Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) Saturday after he intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official, a spokesperson for the platform told Axios.

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What they’re saying: “The account referenced has been temporarily locked for violating our Hateful Conduct Policy,” the spokesperson wrote. “The account owner is required to delete the violative Tweet before regaining access to their account.”

Twitter updated its policy in 2018 to prohibit the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.”

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