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.
