Twitter Bans One of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Accounts

Twitter on Sunday banned the non-public account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia and frequent peddler of misinformation, after she tweeted about “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths.” Greene’s assertion was false, and it was her final strike on the platform, actually.

The social media firm confirmed to Gizmodo on Sunday that it had suspended Greene’s private account (@mtgreenee) for “repeated violations” of its covid-19 misinformation policy, which prohibits customers from utilizing Twitter to share false or deceptive details about covid-19 that might trigger hurt. Greene had greater than 465,000 followers on the account.

“We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” a Twitter spokesperson instructed Gizmodo in an e mail. “We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy.”

Twitter up to date its covid-19 misinformation coverage final yr to incorporate a five-strike system. Enforcement actions vary from no motion on the account (first strike) and account locks (second, third, and fourth strikes) to everlasting suspension (fifth strike).

In her tweet, which might not be considered, Greene falsely claimed that there had been excessive deaths related to the covid-19 vaccines and included a deceptive chart with data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, in response to the New York Times. Anyone can submit reviews to this authorities database, often called VAERS, however they are not verified and don’t present causation.

Importantly, VAERS officers themselves have posted a disclaimer on the database’s web site concerning the data collected and says it might probably’t be used to leap to conclusions about vaccines.

“VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination,” officers wrote. “While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable.”

Nonetheless, this doesn’t imply Greene has been kicked off Twitter fully. The firm didn’t droop her congressional account, @RepMTG, which has greater than 393,000 followers. When we requested Twitter why @RepMTG had not been suspended as effectively since they belonged to the identical particular person, the corporate stated that Greene’s different account was at the moment not in violation of its guidelines.

In an announcement obtained by CNN after Twitter banned her, Greene accused social media platforms of attempting to “stop the truth.”

“Social media platforms can’t stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can’t stop the truth,” Greene stated. “Communist Democrats can’t stop the truth. I stand with the truth and the people. We will overcome!”

This, in fact, is a lie. Because Greene typically doesn’t inform the reality.