Glenn Greenwald Slams 'Dystopian' MTG Twitter Ban In Epic Thread
(Tyler Durden) Just days after Twitter banned Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA technology and a strident skeptic of the vaccines produced using his the mRNA framework, for allegedly spread COVID "misinformation" (their words, not ours), Twitter and its new leadership have struck again. This time, they're "permanently" banning Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account for allegedly spreading misinformation as well.
In a statement, Twitter explained they would ban MTG's personal account (which has a far larger following than her "official" representative account) due to "repeated" violations.
"We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy," Twitter said in a statement first reported by CNN. "We've been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy."
Political reporters quickly jumped on the story.
New: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account (@mtgreenee) has been permanently suspended from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/gw0iZJycay
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) January 2, 2022
Having unelected tech oligarchs ban duly elected members of Congress - or even the sitting President - from using their massive platforms is dystopian. Remember how many world leaders warned that FB & Twitter's banning of Trump was a threat to democracy.https://t.co/zIT7l04hMW https://t.co/2BPFrgeZXv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 2, 2022
US liberals don't realize what a rogue and authoritarian faction they are because their media outlets keep all dissent from them. When Big Tech banned Trump, it was denounced as dangerous by Merkel, Macron, UN & EU officials. Listen to Mexico's AMLO:pic.twitter.com/5cL5vqq3Ug
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 2, 2022
The funniest part is how liberals invoke classic libertarian economics to justify this: "Corporations have the right to do what they want. If you don't like it, start your own platform!" Meanwhile, Dems say these platforms are classic illegal monopolies:https://t.co/28O8cutqKs
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 2, 2022
But the more important point is this: Parler took up this challenge from liberals. They started their own platform to offer greater free speech.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 2, 2022
Soon as they became the nation's most-downloaded app, Dems demanded its destruction & tech monopolies obeyed:https://t.co/qD9OdwlPbV
The NYT's Davey Alba says MTG's personal account has accrued "five strikes" under Twitter's guidelines, which means she's "not coming back."
Twitter’s statement: “We permanently suspended the account for repeated violations of our Covid-19 misinformation policy.” pic.twitter.com/86Yzqqj7r1
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) January 2, 2022
The Georgia Congresswoman's official account could also be banned if Rep. Greene starts violating Twitter's rules on COVID misinformation using that account.
Twitter confirms to me that Marjorie Taylor Greene has gotten up to 5 strikes on its Covid-19 misinformation policy. She’s not coming back. pic.twitter.com/tSlBtMFmGB
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) January 2, 2022
One Twitter representative told the NYT that the company has been "very clear" about its policies, and that Greene has violated them anyway.
"We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy," Katie Rosborough, a Twitter spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Greene responded to Twitter's decision on Gettr, the conservative social media platform that has cast itself as an alternative to Twitter.
"When Maxine Waters can go to the streets and threaten violence on Twitter, Kamala and Ilhan can bail out rioters on Twitter, and Chief spokesman for terrorist IRGC can tweet mourning Soleimani but I get suspended for tweeting VAERS statistics, Twitter is an enemy to America and can't handle the truth. That's fine, I'll show America we don't need them and it's time to defeat our enemies," Greene wrote.
