The company's "Hateful Conduct Policy" says Twitter's mission is to "give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information, and to express their opinions and beliefs without barriers," with special concern for "the voices of those who have been historically marginalized." It also claims to believe "free expression is a human right," and that public conversation "requires representation of a diverse range of perspectives."

"We prohibit targeting individuals with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to dehumanize, degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category," it now reads. "This includes targeted misgendering or dead-naming" of transgender people. Punishment ranges from being asked to remove "violating content" and a "period of time in read-only mode before [violators] can Tweet again," to "permanent account suspension" for repeat violations.

"Dead-naming" refers to calling someone by his or her given legal name rather than a new opposite-sex name, such as Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner or Bradley "Chelsea" Manning.

The change was officially made in October but is just now gaining notice in the media, The Blaze reports.

The homosexual news site PinkNews reports that pro-LGBT Twitter users are ecstatic about the news, but others are alarmed at the potential to stifle debate on transgenderism, and silencing users who assert the scientific consensus that biological sex is rooted in an individual's chromosomes and reflected in hundreds of genetic characteristics... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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