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 on Sunday. 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.
Aroused by provocative statements
Greene, who belongs to the right wing Republican party, is an advocate of conspiracy theories. 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.
Fifth Twitter block is permanent
Because of the spread of incorrect Corona information – for example about vaccinations that are supposedly no longer effective – Greene had received several warnings. As a result, Twitter had already blocked her account four times. The Company Policy on Twitter According to the fifth suspension that has now taken place is permanent. Almost exactly a year ago, shortly after the storming of the US Capitol, Twitter had also permanently blocked Trump’s account.
At Telegram, Greene describes Twitter as “the enemy of America who can’t stand the truth” after it was banned. She wants to spread her views even without what she calls the “social media cartel”. “Big Tech” and the “Communist Democrats” could not stop the truth, it goes on to say on Greene’s Telegram account, which appears to be a copy of their blocked Twitter account and has a little over 150,000 subscribers.
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.
Conspiracy theory for Trump fans
The central claim of the QAnon supporters is that there was a conspiracy against former US President Donald Trump in the deeper layers of the US government apparatus. They also often claim that prominent Democratic Party leaders in the United States have been treated with hormones made from the blood of children.
In 2020, Twitter cracked down on the QAnon conspiracy theory and banned multiple accounts. Shortly afterwards, Facebook also banned QAnon conspiracy theorists with the corresponding Facebook pages and groups as well as Instagram accounts. (with material from dpa) /
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