Meanwhile, back at the ranch,

Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account
Georgia Republican’s Covid misinformation violation prompts move, after being issued a ‘fourth strike’ in August
Martin Pengelly

The personal Twitter account of the Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been permanently suspended, for violating policies on misinformation about Covid-19.

Action against Greene on Sunday came under the “strike” system Twitter launched last March, which uses artificial intelligence to identify posts about the coronavirus misleading enough to cause harm.

Two or three strikes earn a 12-hour account lock, four strikes prompt a weeklong suspension and five or more can get an account permanently removed.

Twitter had previously suspended Greene’s personal account for periods ranging from 12 hours to a week.

Greene was issued a “fourth strike” this summer, for saying vaccines were failing.

“We’ve been clear that … we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy,” a Twitter spokeswoman said on Sunday.

The congresswoman’s official account remains active.

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Mixed on this- no one deserves to be silenced more than she does, but I feel like we need her there to keep an eye on her

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