Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been given with a 12 hour suspension
(Picture: Getty Images)Twitter has slapped Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene with a suspension on Monday for posting “misleading” information about coronavirus.
The social media site confirmed that Rep. Greene’s Twitter account will be on “read-only mode” for 12 hours.
On Monday, Rep. Greene posted two tweets were flagged by Twitter as “misleading”. The social media company also provided users with links to accurate information from reliable sources.
In her first tweet, she incorrectly said “defeating obesity” will help to protect people from COVID-19 and other health problems whilst slamming face masks and vaccinations.
This is why no entity should force NON-FDA approved vaccines or masks.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) July 19, 2021
Instead help people protect their health by defeating obesity, which will protect them from covid complications & death, and many other health problems.
We should invest in health, not human experimentation. https://t.co/I4zHqwabhi
For the second tweet, she continued to wrongly argue that coronavirus is “not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65.”
The controversial #COVID19 vaccines should not be forced on our military for a virus that is not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) July 19, 2021
With 6,000 vax related deaths and many concerning side effects reported, the vax should be a choice not a mandate for everyone. https://t.co/JhYg3acrrK
In a statement to The New York Times, Rep. Greene reacted to her latest suspension, attacking social media companies.
She said: “These Big Tech companies are doing the bidding of the Biden regime to restrict our voices and prevent the spread of any message that isn’t state-approved.”
People on Twitter have been reacting to Rep Greene’s Twitter suspension, and most have welcomed her 12 hour ban from the platform.
On Monday evening, Twitter temporarily suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for sharing misinformation about Covid and vaccines. Not knowing what to do next, she yelled racial slurs at a nearby pigeon. pic.twitter.com/LQpu0tmODQ
— Jarrett Bellini (@JarrettBellini) July 20, 2021
Twitter just suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for 12 hours for posting coronavirus misinformation. A good start. Now suspend her forever.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 20, 2021
By suspending her account for 12 hours, Twitter has done more to hold Marjorie Taylor Greene accountable than Congress has.
— ReallyAmerican.com 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) July 20, 2021
I will sleep soundly knowing Marjorie Taylor Greene has been suspended from Twitter for 12 hours.
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) July 20, 2021
Goodnight friends 💙
If only Fox News would ban Tucker Carlson for at least 24 hours as a result of his misinformation on the Covid pandemic & vaccine. Maybe it would save some lives. Thank you Twitter for putting Marjorie Taylor Greene in time out for her misinformation on #Covid19.
— Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) July 20, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene temporarily suspended from Twitter but permanently suspended from sanity.
— Heather (@HeatherR411) July 20, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Looney Tunes) has been suspended https://t.co/O7rl5N9ziA
— Jack Sterne (@JRSterne) July 20, 2021
Even “Republicans Against Trump” have slammed Rep. Greene by tweeting an image of her and former President Trump with the caption: “Now these 2 clowns have another thing in common.”
Twitter just suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene, temporarily for now.
— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 20, 2021
Now these 2 clowns have another thing in common. pic.twitter.com/Kb93N0hfFX
While others have pointed out that 12 hours isn’t that long at all - with some calling on Rep. Greene to be banned for longer.
Twitter has suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for 12 hours, for spreading disinformation that could cost lives. So she will not be able to tweet while she sleeps and during breakfast.
— Ben Gleib (@bengleib) July 20, 2021
For 12 hours. That's...nothing. https://t.co/F0dlN3xEgr
— Lynn Comella (@LynnComella) July 20, 2021
Another day, another 12-hour suspension for Georgia Rep. Greene. Looks like it started a couple of hours ago, meaning she should be back online in the morning. https://t.co/VNkvF2ZIrP
— Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) July 20, 2021
Time out is for kindergartners. People this dangerous need a permanent ban. https://t.co/pU9cjGEIuT
— Jimmy Gomez (@JimmyGomezCA) July 20, 2021
why not forever? Will this QAnon Caucus member add to the Twitter discourse? https://t.co/LDQgAFghPB
— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) July 20, 2021
@TwitterSafety Thank you for suspending Marjorie Taylor Greene, however, why only 24 hrs? The harm her misinformation and others who spread lies on Covid is dangerous! It contributed to my son and his wife and their 4 children getting ill. I wish you would consider a longer time.
— MEOK6 ☃️ (@mom10s) July 20, 2021
It’s not the first time the Georgia congresswoman has been suspended from Twitter.
Back in April, she was banned but the company later revoked this, and said it was an error caused by its automated moderation system.
It is also not the first time Rep. Greene has found herself in the middle of controversy either.
In May, the congresswoman faced backlash from both Democrats and Republicans alike for her comments about a Tennessee grocery store adding a “vaccination logo” on employee name badges.
Rep. Greene tweeted: “Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi’s [sic] forced Jewish people to wear a gold star,” in reference to yellow stars worn by Jews under Nazi occupation in Europe.
“Vaccine passports & mask mandates create discrimination against unvaxxed people who trust their immune systems to a virus that is 99% survivable.”
Last month, Rep. Greene apologised for making comparisons to the Holocaust after visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
She said: “There is no comparison to the Holocaust and there are words that I have said, remarks that I’ve made that I know are offensive and I want to apologize.”
Twitter introduced new rules in March, where 12-hour bans are given for second and third violations of its policy.
A fourth violation equals a week-long suspension, and a fifth leads to a permanent ban.
