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Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by tag2103 »

MattPalmer1086 wrote: post #14
bko wrote: post #4

> Twitter suspended Ms. Greene’s account after she tweeted on Saturday, falsely, about “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths.” She included a misleading chart that pulled data from a government database of unverified raw data. Does anyone have a link to the tweet in question? It's interesting that it was labeled the chart as "misleading" as opposed to based on doctored data. It appears being factual is not…

It's not censoring for a private company to refuse service to someone. I don't agree with government compelling speech for a private company either.

But when is a private company's refusal of service break the line of editorializing their product?

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

gpu_explorer wrote: post #19
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #2

I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .

Why should Twitter give up their right to freedom of expression and freedom of association? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights

In an ideal world, because they are now the public square effectively, they should be held to a different stricter standard. As well as other big tech companies (App Store, etc.)

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by zachberger »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #2

I don’t care what she said, it is not the job of private businesses to censor elected officials. And yes, I know they can but that does not mean they should .

Her official congressional account was not suspended, only her personal account.

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by skywal_l »

poszlem wrote: post #13
amusedcyclist wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No they definitely should, this is precisely their job. Why should public officials not be held to the same standards as individual citizens

Because they have the weight of people who elected them behind them. I don't understand how that's hard to understand. It's the same reason why we care about murder of an elected official more than a murder of any other person.

She'll be fine. Isn't the media market, in the US, free?

She'll go to fox news or parler.

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by nojito »

no-dr-onboard wrote: post #3

I’m not sure what she said, but given the amount of reversals and “facts-later-questioned” concerning this virus, I’d be interested to see if she ever would have it reinstated if she were right about the key points concerning her ban.

She made repetitive tweets that Omicron proves that vaccines don't work.

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by Veen »

Elected officials shouldn't have to rely on Twitter or other social media platforms to communicate with their constituencies. This woman seems like a loon to me, but she's a loon with a democratic mandate. If social media is going to be the default communication medium, then perhaps it needs regulation to clarify its relationship with elected officials.

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by rosmax_1337 »

MattPalmer1086 wrote: post #14
bko wrote: post #4

> Twitter suspended Ms. Greene’s account after she tweeted on Saturday, falsely, about “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths.” She included a misleading chart that pulled data from a government database of unverified raw data. Does anyone have a link to the tweet in question? It's interesting that it was labeled the chart as "misleading" as opposed to based on doctored data. It appears being factual is not…

It's not censoring for a private company to refuse service to someone. I don't agree with government compelling speech for a private company either.

Would you hold that opinion if someone was declined access to a platform because of their skin color?

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by gpu_explorer »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #18
krapp wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're saying no elected official should be bound by any laws, contracts or the terms of service of any organization, since doing so could be interpreted as "censorship?" That if anyone else had said what Marjorie Taylor Greene had said, they would be subject to action by Twitter under its own stated policies, but the rules just shouldn't apply to her?

Has Twitter applied their rules fairly and evenly, or even tried to do so? Last I remember Maxine Waters was calling for public harassment without consequence.

Twitter isn't the government. Twitter isn't the government. Twitter isn't the government.

Like it or not, they have a perfect right to terminate her account for any legal reason, including breach of contract. For the record, Twitter doesn't even need a "reason" as long as they don't terminate her for an illegal reason.

This might be difficult to understand, but it's not censorship.

Re: Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

nojito wrote: post #26
no-dr-onboard wrote: post #3

I’m not sure what she said, but given the amount of reversals and “facts-later-questioned” concerning this virus, I’d be interested to see if she ever would have it reinstated if she were right about the key points concerning her ban.

She made repetitive tweets that Omicron proves that vaccines don't work.

Okay, but do you think that a single person following her Twitter is going to say, “Wow, Twitter censored her because she was wrong”?

Of course not. They are going to be livid and more determined in their belief. Anyone defending vaccine should be angry at Twitter for making the situation worse.

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