Twitter's Marjorie Taylor Greene ban fuels GOP attacks on 'Big Tech'
Twitter’s ban on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) personal account is fueling Republican attacks against “Big Tech” and the nation’s dominant social media platforms.
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Former President Trump, who was banned himself from Twitter a year ago, and several of Greene’s GOP House colleagues have blasted the company for removing the congresswoman's personal account over violating COVID-19 misinformation policies.
In some ways it is unsurprising that Twitter’s ban on Greene provoked a loud response from the GOP.
A number of Republicans, including Greene, have seen the fight against social media companies as a galvanizing issue for their constituents since Trump was kicked off Twitter in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
In addition, the ban on Greene was seen as a significant step.
Greene’s ban sets a “more far-reaching precedent” than the one imposed on Trump last year, since he was already on his way out of office at the time, said Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation.
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