Twitter completely bans Marjorie Taylor Greene account for COVID misinformation

Twitter has completely suspended the non-public account of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after repeated violations of its insurance policies prohibiting dissemination of COVID-19 misinformation, the corporate stated Sunday.

The fifth strike Greene obtained Sunday means the account will not be reinstated, in response to Twitter’s guidelines. The account was beforehand suspended in July for incorrectly stating that the virus would not pose a risk to the well being of people that aren’t overweight or these beneath 65 years of age.

“We have been clear that, per our strike system for this coverage, we’ll completely droop accounts for repeated violations of the coverage,” Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough stated in an announcement.

Greene’s official congressional account, @RepMTG, would not seem like violating Twitter’s guidelines and stays lively.

Twitter’s guidelines have lengthy banned misinformation in regards to the coronavirus, particularly tweets containing false info that might lead folks to do hurt to themselves. In March, the corporate introduced it would start labeling any tweets that may contain misleading information in regards to the COVID-19 vaccines.

Twitter began using the “strike” system July, saying that two or three strikes earn customers a 12-hour account lock, 4 strikes will get a week-long account lock and 5 or extra leads to a everlasting suspension from the social media web site. Having a tweet deleted for being deceptive will earn customers two strikes; being labeled counts as one strike.

Greene’s suspension comes as every day coronavirus instances within the US hit a document excessive final week, with a seven-day transferring common from the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention showing greater than 316,000 infections. The earlier peak got here almost a yr in the past, in January. 

Up to now, there have been 289 million infections globally, leading to 5.4 million deaths.

Greene could not instantly be reached for remark.