Over the weekend, GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account was permanently suspended after she shared alleged “COVID-19 misinformation” to her private, verified account.
In a statement to the media, the tech platform confirmed that Greene’s account was banned after “repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy.”
“We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of this policy,” a spokesperson said in the media, according to BizPac Review.
New: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account (@mtgreenee) has been permanently suspended from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/gw0iZJycay
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) January 2, 2022
Twitter’s statement: “We permanently suspended the account for repeated violations of our Covid-19 misinformation policy.” pic.twitter.com/86Yzqqj7r1
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) January 2, 2022
Greene, for her part, took to Gettr to react to her permanent suspension.
“When Maxine Waters can go to the streets and threaten violence on Twitter, Kamala and Ilhan can bail out rioters on Twitter, and Chief spokesman for terrorist IRGC can tweet mourning Soleimani but I get suspended for tweeting VAERS statistics, Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth. That’s fine, I’ll show America we don’t need them and it’s time to defeat our enemies,” she declared, as Fox 5 reported.
Other free speech advocates warned that Greene’s suspension is indicative of the kind of Big Tech censorship that for so long has threatened to arbitrarily malign and suppress certain speech, accusing Twitter of conducting a “witch hunt,” “abuse of power,” and double-standards.
Twitter banning MTG (for posting facts about COVID and vaccine injury no less) is a complete abuse of power.
It’s far past time to repeal 230 protections and treat the Big Tech companies as common carriers. pic.twitter.com/jLIp21mXb4
— Blake Masters (@bgmasters) January 3, 2022
A modest proposal for GOP if they take Congress: approps rider barring tech corps from importing foreign labor if they de-platform a fed officeholder.
(Note: Dems’ BBB allows Big Tech to import an entire overseas workforce, meaning US citizens would be censored by noncitizens).
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 2, 2022
They are on a witch hunt to stifle dissent. That's why I'm on GETTR. Join me there! @GETTRofficial https://t.co/W0a8yRwdiU
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 2, 2022
Twitter banned GOP politicians Donald Trump & Marjorie Taylor Greene yet allows, for instance, the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party to operate numerous massive accounts and spread disinformation — including about COVID-19 — on its platform. These are just facts.
— Jerry Christmas 🎄🎅🏽 (@JerryDunleavy) January 2, 2022
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