Facebook Suspension Adds to Greene’s Covid Social Media Censure
- Georgia GOP congresswoman posted misleading data on vaccines
- Twitter permanently banned Greene’s personal account on Sunday
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to members of the media outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Facebook suspended Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for 24 hours, the congresswoman said Monday, after she posted misleading data about deaths related to the Covid-19 vaccine.
The suspension follows Twitter Inc.’s decision on Sunday to permanently ban Greene for repeated violations of the platform’s policy against medical misinformation. Greene on Monday took to messaging service Telegram to describe Facebook and Twitter’s actions as “beyond censorship of speech.”