Twitter has suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene over ‘misleading’ Covid info – here’s how people reacted

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.

For the second tweet, she continued to wrongly argue that coronavirus is “not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65.”

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.

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.”

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.

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.