Critics mocked Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday, after she spun a wild conspiracy theory alleging that the New York Times is working with Twitter to have her banned from the platform.
Greene posted a screen shot of an email someone on her staff apparently received from Davey Alba, a technology reporter at the Times who covers online disinformation.
In his email, Alba pointed to one of Greene's tweets from Wednesday, in which she falsely claimed that COVID-19 vaccines are causing miscarriages and other problems among pregnant women.
"Twitter is likely to take enforcement action on Ms. Greene's account for coronavirus information. It would be her fourth strike, meaning she would have one strike to go before potentially being permanently suspended from the platform. Would Ms. Greene want to respond to this in a statement?" Alba wrote in the email.
Greene wrote above the image of the email: "How would the @nytimes know that my @Twitter account is about to be suspended? My account is NOT suspended. What kind of relationship does the NYT and Twitter have? Do they coordinate suspending people like me and news stories? Is someone paying for that? Why?"
Here's how Twitter reacted:
https://twitter.com/Tempest_ofSky/status/1423298331896320002
mtg: posts an email explaining why the nyt thinks she may get suspended
— Alex🌹 (@Alex4Rep) August 5, 2021
also mtg: “why do they think this? is this a big tech conspiracy?” https://t.co/pXMRkoGSKn
According to the picture you have attached, they say that enforcement action is likely due to you spreading coronavirus misinformation. They do not say that your account is currently suspended. Reading is hard.
— This Account Just Answers TTTBE Questions (@TTTBE_Guesses) August 5, 2021
Paranoid, are we? 🤣
— Tim Murphy 🇺🇸 (@Murp1953Tim) August 5, 2021
Words have meaning. What the NYT is doing is called reporting. This is clearly spelled out in the message below. Either you don't have a basic grasp of English or you are intentionally misrepresenting the message in an attempt to rile up your base by making false accusations. https://t.co/uHwDpjXdyc
— Josh Hargreaves (@joshhargreaves) August 5, 2021
Tell me you don't understand journalism without telling me you don't understand journalism
— Collin Reischman (@CMReischman) August 5, 2021
Look genius, it says:
— Drinks With Ron (@RJT243) August 5, 2021
“Twitter is likely to take enforcement action”
LIKELY! that means they read whatever drivel you posted & determined it likely violates Twitter policy. I could easily make the same assumption. It’s not a conspiracy, you just post stupid shit. Not hard to see https://t.co/6dPeOn96Jz
All they have to do is look at your page and guesstimate that it’s gonna happen Marg. There is a lot of very false information being tweeted by you daily.
— ACT (@AliTenn) August 5, 2021
You should be permanently suspended as you continue to spread conspiracy theories. You are partially responsible for killing thousands of Americans with your lies about Covid, vaccines and masks. You invited domestic terrorists to attack the Capitol on 1/6. You are an evil cow! https://t.co/Sz6tJKVbZy
— Deb Faurot (@foxfaurot) August 5, 2021
It’s a coordinated conspiracy between AOC and the owners of the Jewish lasers to deprive you of your God given right to free speech. https://t.co/0TArjgt7j7
— Richard L. Wehmeyer (@RichardLWehmey1) August 5, 2021
I mean, I think the real question here is, why is it taking @twitter so long to take action and why is it just a suspension and not a permanent ban?
— Leftist Maniac (@genexer3) August 5, 2021
— Diane K (@diane7171) August 5, 2021
Yes, there is a special relationship.
— Dennis Ex Machina (@DennisExMachina) August 5, 2021
I come to you as a card-carrying member of the Deep State.
We are all coordinating to bring about your political demise.
Muhahahaha 😈
