Twitter Censors APP’s Schweppe for Urging Governors to Ban Sex Change Surgery for Minors

Twitter locked American Principles Project Policy and Government Affairs Director Jon Schweppe out of his account for 12 hours after he called transgender ideology “evil.”

Schweppe’s now-deleted tweet called for more governors to ban hormone and sex change procedures for minors, according to screenshots tweetedAmerican Principles Project is a pro family organization. Schweppe told MRC’s Free Speech America in an exclusive comment that “Twitter has apparently decided not only to take the side of those who want to chemically castrate children, but to ban anyone who dares to disagree. It is impossible to get Section 230 reform done quickly enough!

Schweppe’s tweet encouraged governors to “be emboldened to continue the fight against the evil gender ideology,” according to APP’s screenshots. He also urged them to “join[ ] Arkansas and Tennessee in banning the chemical castration and surgical mutilation of minors suffering from gender dysphoria.”

Schweppe deleted the tweet at Twitter’s request to regain access to his account, and the platform restricted his account for 12 hours for so-called “hateful conduct.” Twitter’s “Hateful conduct policy” prohibits users from “promot[ing]Violence against and threats[ing]Harassment[ing] other people” based on certain characteristics including “gender” and “gender identity.” Twitter limited Schweppe’s account features allowing him “to only send[ ]Send direct messages [his] followers — no Tweets, Retweets, Fleets, follows, or likes,” according to APP’s screenshots.

The platform also denied Schweppe’s appeal of the censorship, claiming that its “support team has determined that a violation did take place, and therefore [it]Will not be overturned [its] decision,” according to another screenshot APP tweeted.

Schweppe defended his tweet when he told MRC Free Speech America: “[N]My tweet contained nothing that was offensive. In fact, I was advocating for legislation that would protect children from the terrible violence being perpetrated on them by adults who should know better.”

Twitter didn’t respond to our request for comment during publication.

Big Tech censorship against users who oppose the left’s transgender ideology exploded in 2021. There were 100 cases of Big Tech censoring content in a MRC CensorTrack survey. Users who only affirm two genders, or acknowledge biological gender differences within the first eleven months of 2021.

The APP has joined the Free Speech Alliance. Nearly 100 organizations are part of the Free Speech Alliance, which opposes suppression of conservative voices via social media.

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