"So I hear you're a transphobe now!": Twitter closes Graham Linehan's account

Graham Linehan has had his Twitter account closed for "hateful" comments that furthered his view about trans issues.

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The Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been permanently suspended from Twitter for breaching the site’s rules on banned words. Twitter said the account, which uses the handle @glinner, had been suspended after “repeated violations of our rules against hateful conduct and platform manipulation”. Linehan’s account was closed after he reportedly tweeted “men aren’t women tho” in response to a post by the Women’s Institute wishing their transgender members a happy Pride. Following the suspension, a post credited to Linehan’s handle “Glinner” on the parenting website Mumsnet asked for support.

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I don't have too many views on this. I don't really care what Twitter do as I (almost) never use the platform.

There often seems to be a lot of argument about "freedom of speech" which I don't really think comes into it given that Twitter is a private company and can police itself as it wants as far as I care.

I suppose that there will be issues regarding Twitter's consistency, particularly given that certain people are allowed to stay on the platform.

There are also, apparently issues regarding Linehan's consistency as he apparently has shown support for bannings in the past, etc...

Oh, and for those who don't understand the title, it refers to an episode of Father Ted, that these days might actually get into trouble....

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