Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still tweeting, despite baseless claims that Elon Musk banned her
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- Elon Musk didn’t ban U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., from Twitter. Her accounts are active.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk didn’t ban U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., from the social media platform despite recent claims circulating online.
"Never mess with Elon Musk," reads a March 6 Facebook post with a link that appears to show a headline claiming he permanently banned her from Twitter.
Reader, do not click the link. It is a spam page with images that are not suitable for work or children, and it provides no evidence to support the post’s claim.
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Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter accounts are alive and well.
Her @RepAOC and @AOC accounts were tweeting as of March 9, and we found no news coverage about a permanent ban thanks to Musk.
His decision in December to ban multiple journalists from high-profile news organizations drew widespread media attention, and we’d expect the same if he moved to suspend a lawmaker’s account.
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Facebook post, March 6, 2023
USA Today, What to know about the journalists Elon Musk suspended from Twitter this week, Dec. 16, 2023
CNN, Elon Musk bans several prominent journalists from Twitter, calling into question his commitment to free speech, Dec. 16, 2023
Twitter, Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter / The reporters have tweeted about his private jet recently, Dec. 16, 2023
@AOC, visited March 9, 2023
@RepAOC, visited March 9, 2023
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