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Greene posted that the coronavirus is not dangerous for
non-obese people and those under 65, and that organizations
should not force "non-FDA" approved vaccines or masks. These
tweets have been labeled as "misleading" by the platform.
The United States is using vaccines made by Pfizer Inc, Moderna
Inc and Johnson & Johnson under Food and Drug Administration's
emergency use authorization. None of these vaccines are fully
approved but numerous studies have proven their efficacy.
U.S. President Joe Biden has called on the social media
companies to take action on vaccine misinformation.
"We took enforcement action on the account @mtgreenee for
violations of the Twitter Rules, specifically the COVID-19
misleading information policy," a Twitter spokesperson said in
an emailed statement.
Greene's account will remain locked for 12 hours, according to
Twitter.
In a video statement on Facebook Live, Greene acknowledged that
she had been temporarily suspended from the platform and blamed
the Biden administration for trying to control free speech.
"Remember, last week when our press secretary said the White
House is working to stop the spread of (misinformation) because
they want to be careful and they want to be in control of the
information that is shared about COVID-19 and vaccines, isn’t
that concerning?" Greene said.
The Republican representative has come under fire before for
remarks on the pandemic. In June she apologized after comparing
COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Holocaust
that killed 6 million Jews.
In January, Twitter locked Greene's account after she sparred
with a state election official over voter fraud allegations.
(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar, Maria Ponnezhath and Shubham
Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Sam Holmes)
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