Sunday, January 02, 2022
Several false statements about Corona
Twitter suspends Taylor Greene’s account
Not only once did Marjorie Taylor Greene attract the attention of her followers with provocative remarks about the corona pandemic. The US MP compares, among other things, the wearing of a mask with the persecution of the Jews. Twitter punished her four times for it – now for good.
Twitter has permanently banned the personal account of the controversial US Republican MP Marjorie Taylor Greene. The reason is repeated violations of the rules to combat false information about the corona pandemic, said a company spokesman. Greene’s personal account (@mtgreenee) recently had almost half a million followers. The MP still has access to her official Twitter account (@RepMTG) with almost 400,000 followers.
Greene is an advocate of conspiracy myths. The supporter of ex-President Donald Trump has repeatedly attracted provocative remarks since her election at the end of 2020. A few months ago, for example, she compared protective measures in the corona pandemic with the persecution of Jews by the Nazis – for which she later apologized.
Again and again she speaks with a view to the measures to combat pandemic of “compulsory masks” and “forced vaccinations”. She refuses to wear mouth and nose protection in the House of Representatives and has therefore already had to pay several fines. Greene also denigrated Somali left Democratic MP Ilhan Omar on Twitter as a terrorist.
Account blocked four times
Because of the spread of incorrect Corona information – for example about vaccinations that are supposedly no longer effective – Greene had received several warnings. Twitter had already blocked her account four times. According to company guidelines, the fifth ban is permanent.
A year ago, shortly after the US Capitol was stormed, Twitter had also permanently blocked Trump’s account. The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives removed Greene from all committee positions in February because of her controversial statements – a drastic and extremely rare step. Among other things, she was noticed with theses of the QAnon conspiracy theory