Twitter announced it is permanently suspending a personal account belonging to Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for “repeated violations” of the platform’s policy on COVID-19 misinformation.
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“We have permanently suspended the account (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” Twitter said in a statement. “We have been clear that we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of this policy.”
Greene appears to still have access to her professional account, @RepMTG. Twitter did not provide further details about what the now-suspended account had posted.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene herself said in a statement Sunday, through a spokesperson, that her personal Twitter account was suspended for posting statistics from the vaccine adverse reaction reporting system. Anyone can report an adverse reaction to the system, which is run by the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency says it “is not designed to determine whether a vaccine caused a health problem.”
“Twitter is America’s enemy and it can’t handle the truth,” Greene said. “It’s okay, I’m going to show America that we don’t need them and that it’s time to defeat our enemies.”
Twitter implemented a strike system for policy violations in March. A single strike may not result in action, but the company will suspend accounts that repeatedly violate the platform's policies.
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Five or more strikes result in a “permanent suspension,” according to the company’s website. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account was temporarily suspended multiple times last year for policy violations.
Twitter took action in January of last year over false claims of widespread voter fraud in Georgia. Greene's account was also suspended in July and August for violating its COVID-19 policy. The tweets at the time were about vaccines for the virus.
This is not the first time Twitter has banned an elected official from using the platform. It previously banned former US President Donald Trump for serious violations of the company's policies on incitement to violence.
The platform had said last February that Twitter would maintain the ban even if Trump became President again.
Source: NBC News
