Why Did Twitter Cancel Marjorie Taylor Greene But Not AOC, Ilhan & Cori Bush?

Written By BlabberBuzz | Monday, 03 January 2022 03:45 PM
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Why Did Twitter Cancel Marjorie Taylor Greene But Not AOC, Ilhan & Cori Bush?

On Sunday, Twitter announced it has permanently suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in light of the social media platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy.

In a statement, the social network expressed that it decided to take the action after "repeated violations" of the policy.

“We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for 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 the policy,” a Twitter spokesperson informed The Hill in a statement.

As of Sunday morning, Greene's congressional account was still up and running.

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In response to the suspension, Greene insisted in a statement published on Telegram that she was in fact telling the truth.

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

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Twitter has previously suspended Greene a handful of times for violating its COVID-19 misinformation policy.

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Last July, she received a 12-hour suspension from Twitter regarding two tweets she had posted in which she falsely claimed that, for people who are under the age of 65 years old or are not obese, COVID-19 was "not dangerous."

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In August, her personal account was suspended for an entire week after she claimed: "these vaccines are failing and do not reduce the spread of the virus & neither do masks."

The COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to be effective against severe infections. The disease is severe and deadly, particularly among the elderly and the immunocompromised and has repeatedly overwhelmed hospitals. More than 820,000 Americans have died from the infectious disease since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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According to Twitter's COVID-19 misleading information policy, tweets that violate those rules would need to include several components: advancing claims as facts, be knowingly misleading or inaccurate given existing information available, and has the potential to cause harm.

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Twitter's policy bans users from sharing posts that are obviously misleading regarding COVID-19, such as the risk of infection or death from COVID-19, official regulations or the safety of preventative measures.

The COVID-19 misinformation policy for Twitter, which employs a strike system for posts that violate the policy, says that after five or more strikes, the social media user faces permanent suspension of its account.

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