It is the third and toughest penalty that the social media platform has imposed on Greene for sharing misinformation.
Since taking office in January, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has not been one to shy away from controversy and she regularly speaks her mind on hot-button issues. On Monday, the freshman congresswoman took to Twitter to express her opinion that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shouldn’t approve vaccines for Covid-19, as she claimed the vaccines were « failing, » and were ineffective at reducing the spread of the virus. As a result of the recent post, the congresswoman was suspended from Twitter for a week. « The FDA should not approve the covid vaccines. There are too many reports of infection & spread of #COVID19 among vaccinated people. These vaccines are failing & do not reduce the spread of the virus & neither do masks. Vaccine mandates & passports violate individual freedoms, » she posted from her official account (@mtgreenee). Soon after the tweet was posted on Monday evening, Twitter responded by posting « This Tweet may be misleading. Get the latest on preventative measures and COVID-19. » A company spokesperson responded to CNN on Monday and added that the tweet « was labeled in line with our COVID-19 misleading information policy. The account will be in read-only mode for a week due to repeated violations of the Twitter Rules. » It is the third and toughest penalty that the social media platform has imposed on Greene for sharing misinformation. She was previously suspended for 12 hours from the micro-blogging service in January for sharing unfounded conspiracy theories about the Georgia senate runoff elections; and again in July for an additional 12 hours for sharing misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccines.
