Article 5TJWZ Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over COVID-19 misinformation

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Emma Roth
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Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account for repeatedly violating the platform's rules on COVID-19 misinformation, as noted in a report by CNN. Since the ban only affects Greene's personal Twitter account, @mtgreenee, she can still access and tweet from her governmental account, @RepMTG.

In a statement to The Verge, Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough explains that the platform permanently suspended" Greene's account for repeated violations" of the platform's COVID-19 policies. We've been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy," she adds.

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