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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said Sunday that Twitter’s permanent ban on the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is “a little too late” to erase the damage done by the spread of COVID-19 “disinformation” on social media.
Jayapal, who chairs the Progressive Congressional Caucus, reacted to the news of Greene’s ban on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show,” saying social media companies need to be doing “much, much more” to quash the spread of conspiracy theories online.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE’S PERSONAL TWITTER ACCOUNT PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED OVER COVID-19 ‘MISINFORMATION’
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Rep. Pramila Jayapal leaves the Will Rogers Hallway following a television interview at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington.
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“It’s no secret that our social media companies have been part of their algorithms promoting disinformation,” she said. “And I think that these steps are important but, frankly, a little too little and a little too late.
“The reality is it’s not just Marjorie Taylor Greene – all over Twitter, social media, Facebook, all of these companies have been using algorithms that are just about clickbait, not about truth,” she continued. “And so if we are going to take on the disinformation that’s out there, the big lie, and everything that goes along with it, then yes, this is a part of it but it’s got to be much, much more.
“That said, I think it’s just as well that we take one voice that is deliberately spreading disinformation out of the mix as much as possible,” she added. “That’s certainly a good thing.”
Twitter announced earlier Sunday that it had permanently suspended Greene’s personal verified Twitter account for spreading COVID-19 “misinformation.”
“We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” Twitter said in a statement. “We’ve…
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