Twitter Starts 2022 With Banning Spree

Twitter said on Sunday it permanently suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over the social media platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy.

The social network said in a statement that it took the action after “repeated violations” of the policy.

“We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Hill in a statement.

Of course, does Twitter explain which violations led to the permanent suspension? Nope. Not a peep. Many folks, however, believe it’s because of a tweet thread Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene sent out over the weekend highlighting various issues of public policy response Before Covid and After Covid. Here’s a couple of screen shots of that tweet thread via the Thread Reader App.

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