Twitter has suspended a personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for “repeated violations” of its Covid misinformation policy, the company announced Sunday.
“We have permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 Disinformation Policy,” Twitter said in a statement. “We have made it clear that, in accordance with our warning system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy.”
Greene always seems to have access to her professional account, @RepMTG. Twitter did not elaborate on what was tweeted to earn what it calls a permanent suspension.
Greene said in a statement through her office on Sunday that she was suspended for tweeting statistics from the vaccine adverse event reporting system. Anyone can report an adverse event to the system, which is under the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency says it is “not designed to determine whether a vaccine has caused a health problem.”
“Twitter is an enemy of America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said. “It’s fine, I’m going to show America that we don’t need it and it’s time to defeat our enemies.”
Twitter implemented a strike system for violations in March. A single strike may not result in action, but the company will place locks on accounts that repeatedly violate the policy.
Five or more strikes result in a “permanent suspension,” according to the company’s website. Greene has been suspended multiple times in the past year for policy violations.
In January of last year, Greene was suspended for making false claims about widespread voter fraud in Georgia. She was also suspended in July and August for violating Covid-19 policy with tweets about vaccines.
Greene’s suspension is not the first time Twitter has banned an elected official. Last year, he launched a similar action against then-President Donald Trump over “serious violations of our civic integrity policy.”
Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal told CNBC in February that Twitter would uphold the ban even if Trump ran for office again.
“Our policies are designed to make sure people don’t incite violence,” Segal said. “He was removed from office when he was president, and there would be no difference to anyone who is a public servant once he was removed from office.”
