Twitter 'permanently suspends' Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account

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Twitter suspended a personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for "repeated violations" of its Covid misinformation policy, the company said Sunday.

"We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy," Twitter said in a statement. "We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy."

Greene appears to still have access to her professional account, @RepMTG. Twitter did not say what was tweeted to earn what it calls a permanent suspension.

Greene said in a statement through her office 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 operates under the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency says it is "not designed to determine if a vaccine caused a health problem."

"Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth," Greene said. "That’s fine, I’ll show America we don’t need them and it’s time to defeat our enemies."

Twitter implemented a strike system for violations in March. A single strike might not incur an 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 was suspended multiple times last year for violations of the policies.

In January 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 the Covid-19 policy with tweets about vaccines.

Greene’s suspension is not the first time Twitter has banned an elected official. Last year, it issued a similar action against then-President Donald Trump because of “severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy."

Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal told CNBC in February that Twitter would uphold the ban even if Trump runs for office again.

“Our policies are designed to make sure that people are not inciting violence,” Segal said. “He was removed when he was president, and there’d be no difference for anybody who’s a public official once they’ve been removed from the service.”

Myopic_Cat on January 2nd, 2022 at 16:27 UTC »

I'm looking for the tweet that got her banned. Haven't found it yet, but here's a quote of it:

Greene on Saturday afternoon tweeted that prior to the Covid outbreak deaths from vaccines were taken seriously, but now an “extremely high amount of covid vaccine deaths are ignored and government forced vaccine mandates are increased.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-permanently-suspended-twitter-1277768/

EDIT: Wow! Turns out it wasn't a tweet that gave MTG her 5th and last strike - it was a 19 part tweet chain. Reddit user /u/m-p-3 archived all of MTG's tweets using IFTTT and was kind enough to send me a link to all her tweets in a DM. Here is her last tweet chain (just the raw text), except parts 15-17 which were not saved.

EDIT 2: Thank you /u/BeyondNeon for the tip that all MTG's tweets are also archived at polititweet.org. Parts 15-17 are now included below.

It' 2022. After 2020, we crossed into a new time dating method. BC and AC. Before Covid. After Covid. We are moving into the third year AC. Before Covid, People didn't go to the doctor for medical tests unless you were sick. After Covid, Covid testing has become required for whether you are sick or not. The only people winning are the companies who sell Covid test kits bc the government mandates it. Before Covid, Employers were angered by employees that faked being sick to get out of work. After Covid, Employers demand Covid testing weekly of UV employees displaying zero symptoms and send them home from work if they are positive but not even sick, killing productivity. Before Covid, Well people would have scoffed at long lines of people testing to find out if they are sick or not. After Covid, Well people are required to covid test to be allowed to work or in hopes they test positive in order to get out of work. Before Covid, Employers didn't demand employees vaccine records and firing employees based on their private medical info would have been discrimination & grounds for lawsuits. After Covid, Healthy employees are fired, not based on job performance, but on vax status. Before Covid, Well people were welcomed everywhere and there was no discrimination based on vaccine status and no one ever asked. After Covid, Unvaccinated healthy people are a subclass being fired and denied services, even though they have natural immunity & aren't sick. Before Covid, Doctors saved lives and never discriminated against sick or injured people based on vaccine record. After Covid, Doctors are refusing to treat sick or injured people if they aren't Covid vaxxed violating their Hippocratic Oath. Before Covid, Tiny % of high risk people took personal responsibility from dangers to their health and the high % of low risk people kept life going. After Covid, Government forced high % of low risk healthy people to stop life, ruining our economy & children's education. Before Covid, Masking healthy children from a virus that hardly is a risk to any child was unheard of and would never happen. After Covid, Masking healthy children is the norm ruining their natural learning & causing illness by repeated use of dirty mask filled with germs. Before Covid, Criminals wore masks to hide their identity and face coverings were frowned upon by law enforcement. After Covid, People are considered criminals if they don't wear masks and are held accountable by law enforcement. Before Covid, People understood how viruses spread and said they wouldn't comply to tyrannical governments. After Covid, People go along with fictitious rules about how viruses spread and comply with tyrannical government agencies silly rules. Before Covid, If a vaccine worked, it protected the vaccinated people from virus/disease. Only 1-2 shots were needed and boosters weren't needed until years later. After Covid, Covid Vaccinated people still get covid & some die, even 2 shots & 1-2 boosters are not enough. Before Covid, Reported deaths from vaccines were taken seriously and dangerous vaccines were stopped. After Covid, Extremely high amounts of covid vaccine deaths are ignored and government forced vaccine mandates increase. Before Covid, Treatment for virus/disease used facts/data to treat & protect the vulnerable. After Covid, Government mandates unnecessary vaccines for low risk people. Knowing 90% of deaths are 50+ and w/ obesity, diabetes, and heart conditions, the Gov ignores treatments. Before Covid, When it came to virus/disease the focus was to save lives not the method. After Covid, The government chosen method (vaccines) and the chosen pharmaceutical companies are the focus instead of life saving treatments. Before Covid, Ivermectin was widely available and a long trusted cheap life saving medicine. After Covid, Even with studies showing Ivermectin safety and effectiveness against covid, the FDA is blocking the use of Ivermectin for covid. Before Covid, Discriminating on the basis of color was wrong. After Covid, If you are white, you are likely last to receive life saving monoclonal antibodies. Before Covid, We were all equal. After Covid, If you are unvaccinated, you're no longer equal and the President of the United States thinks unvaccinated Americans are more dangerous than China, open borders, and high crime. Before Covid, We were free. After Covid, We are no longer free. The question is will the people break free from covid psychosis before it's too late.

DerelictDonkeyEngine on January 2nd, 2022 at 15:51 UTC »

It's weird that the both the left and the right dislike twitter and facebook, but for completely different reasons.

tr3v1n on January 2nd, 2022 at 15:31 UTC »

Hopefully we can get back to the time when MTG only meant Magic: The Gathering.