Comedy writer Graham Linehan has been permanently banned from Twitter after violating its policies on hateful conduct. The writer was known for comedies like Father Ted and The IT Crowd, but over the past few years has been more known for his anti-trans views.
Linehan had lost his blue tick verification earlier in the week over tweets which accused an LGBTQ+ group of ‘grooming’ and speaking to the Metro, a Twitter representative said that the ban was permanent. “The account has been permanently suspended after repeated violations of our rules against hateful conduct and platform manipulation,” they confirmed.
The ban came after Linehan responded to a tweet by the Women’s Institute, which was wishing a happy Pride to its trans members.