Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joins fellow anti-abortion activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on Dec. 1, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Twitter has permanently suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for"repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy.
In an email to NPR, a spokesperson for the social media company said Twitter"had been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy." On Saturday, Greene tweeted a thread about the public health measures imposed during the pandemic, criticizing many of the efforts health officials say were critical in preventing more deaths from the virus and slowing its spread in the U.S.Greene, in a statement following her Twitter suspension, said Twitter was an"enemy to America and can't handle the truth.""Social media platforms can't stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can't stop the truth.
Twitter accounts with five or more"strikes" face a permanent suspension from the platform, according to Twitter policies.for violating the company's"civic integrity" policy, which the company had used to remove thousands of QAnon-related accounts. Greene has endorsed the QAnon conspiracy theory in the past.and beyond after comparing COVID-19 safety measures to the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.in February.
I do think Twitter has a very difficult situation planning on how to be consistent in these restrictions and bans, but boy, if you were going to ban someone, she's high on the list. I am a Republican and think she's an embarrassment to the office.
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