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Twitter permanently bans U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene

Published 01/02/2022, 12:43 PM
Updated 01/02/2022, 11:35 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) listens as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) listens as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

By Katanga Johnson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Twitter Inc on Sunday said it permanently banned the personal account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for tweets that repeatedly violated the social media's misinformation policy on COVID-19.

The congresswoman from Georgia is the first member of Congress to ever have a Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) account permanently banned.

Twitter has previously issued https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-temporarily-blocks-us-republican-greene-covid-19-posts-2021-07-20 a short-term suspension for Greene's account, @mtgreenee, for tweets about COVID that it called "misleading". At least two other Republican members of the House have received temporary suspensions on Twitter -- Jim Banks and Barry Moore.

"Twitter is an enemy to America and can't handle the truth," Greene said in a statement on messaging app Telegram, adding that social media platforms "can't stop the truth from being spread far and wide. Big Tech can’t stop the truth. Communist Democrats can't stop the truth."

The official account of the congresswoman, @ReptMTG, remains active on Twitter and has 390,000 followers, slightly less than the 465,000 on her banned personal account.

Greene has come under fire before for remarks on the pandemic. Last June she apologized https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-apologizes-comparing-covid-19-masks-2021-06-14 after comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) listens as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Last January, Twitter temporarily locked Greene's account after she sparred with a state election official over voter fraud allegations.

Twitter and several other social media platforms banned former President Donald Trump from their services after his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

(Reporting Katanga Johnson in Washington; Additional reporting by Sneha Bhowmik in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Latest comments

And the Taliban is still on Twitter.
guess they didn't spread enough misinformation
What has been the outcome in the EU when they began censoring? Answer, more street attacks and murders. The first amendment of our Constitution was not designed to be accurate it was put in to stimulate conversation that might be right or wrong. Many drugs that have been certified by governments have proven to be toxic later. For most people, Vaccines are a godsend for me it was three months of recovery with rashes all over my body. I still believe in Vaccines for people without allergies and who can stand reactions. But conversations should never be banned in a free country.
censorship is dangerous
Dangerous is a loaded weapon laying on the kitchen table. Censorship is someone firing that weapon at you.
spreading homophobic comments, racist comments, and comments designed to mislead the truth is far more dangerous. about time this wack job got banned
I banned twitter.
Here is the reality, there are crazy people on both ends. Todays crazy is far left and tomorrow is far right. Dont be fooled into eroding freedom in the name of safety.
goes to show that the Republican party is not worthy of representing the country. Misinformation is practiced widely in communist and other autocratic countries like Brazil, Iran, and Japan where the gov't organizes citizens to believe falsehoods
Nice projection there.. The number one tactic of the fascist left in America is to accuse conservatives of EXACTLY what they are blatantly guilty of.
she doesn't need twitter. she's free to create a message platform where everyone can say anything that isn't ille6
illegal*
Good!
Twitter is the one who should be banned. I know that I have🤔
If you don't like or agree with what she is saying, then don't listen, sounds pretty simple to me
Some people are not smart enough to know she is wrong. That is why she was banned. Freedom of speech is available until what you say harms others. You’re welcome.
scary people dont understand how freedom works
Thank goodness Joseph Malter has been sent down to lead us, uh la la la uh la lal la
Without statistics in your favor, you will be out of favour on Twitter. Covid facts are questionable right from the origin of Covid
Here we go again, way to go liberals, shut another voice down, apparently free speech is ok as long as you agree to it.......give me a break, pathetic
lafonde loves the idea of spreading misinformation and lies by the far right crazies. lafonde likes the idea of politicians actively supporting authoritarianism and inserection over the American constitution. lance lalonde supports marjorie Taylor Greene betrayal of her office and her country with her bigotry, lies, and crazy antivaccer conspiracies.
 Thankfully, Ac isn’t the “decider”..
The way Greene looks and act me thinks she was really a Taylor before a Marjorie.
Lol havent heard any g joke lately
Twitter is doing politic just like hollywood.
how do u feel if this site ban all china bots?
i ignore china bots, stop jumping into my posts.
Twitter is a peice of # because it suspended senator Paul who said wear better masks. Studies showed cloth masks doesnt stop flu viruses. We know what Paul said is the truth.
sun... he has a medical degree but is guilty of believing antivaccer quacks to suit his own partisan purposes.
 rrright, because the vaccines are working so well.. rofl lmfao..
Democratic Twitter at it again
Were dems concerned when leftists were burning down cities, no. They loved every minute.
Finally this useless p gets kicked from Twitter. Thank you lord
if you support her you are either daft or just a substandard person
 no just back to school
I dont know what she said or did but i do its a slippery slope to start censoring people. Tomorrow it might be you, one election from being judged.
I feel the same about president poopy pants and his worshipers.
Have any democrats ever been banned for ridiculous statements? No i cant think of one, hypocricy today.
They might be, i dont know what she said and dont care. Im more worried about foolish people quick to censor , its more dangerous than whatever she said.
I guess you can't read because the article clearly says she was the first to be banned
once she gave me a hug and I felt her *******
i can't believe investing.com has censored let's go vrandom....
 let’s go donnie..
Thought we were the country of free speech, lol, guess it depends on who it is.......pathetic
Liberals like to stand on a high horse while being blind to outrageous things said by dems.
so you're not denying that she says outrageous things? that's the best defense?🙄
 you mean when President Trump encouraged Americans to peacefully walk to the Capitol to make their voices heard?
Nothing is "free".
censorship rules
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