Twitter timeout for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after COVID-19 tweets Share Updated: 1:36 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 1:36 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green was temporarily suspended from twitter after she shared misinformation about Covid 19 and vaccines. The Georgia Republican who has a track record of incendiary rhetoric, will not be able to tweet for 12 hours due to twitter's policy against people who repeatedly share misinformation reports. CNN in two tweets, she argued that vaccines should not be required and that Covid was not dangerous for people aged under 65 who are not obese reports. The BBC, The two tweets were labeled misleading by the platform. Green said in a 34 minute facebook live that she was quote pretty upset and that she was being censored. Twitter has repeatedly banned users for shared misinformation and in March it introduced a new policy with penalties for users according to their new rules. A 12 hour suspension is given for 2nd and 3rd violations of its policy. 1/4 violation results in a week long suspension and 1/5 leads to a ban.