On Monday, the account of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was suspended for 24 hours by Facebook for spreading misinformation about the coronaviruses.
The Georgia Republican had posted a false story about the high amount of vaccine deaths. She called for testing, mask-wearing and vaccine mandates in the message she published on Saturday as part of a long post on American life.
On Monday morning, Ms. Greene posted a picture of a notice on Facebook that said, "You can't post or comment for 24 hours." and cited a violation of Facebook's community standards.
A post that violated our policies was removed, but the account of the person who wrote it is not included in the scope of our policies.
The social network has changed its content policies over the past two years as the coronaviruses has risen, and in December 2020 it said it would remove posts with claims that had been discredited by the World Health Organization or government agencies.
Ms. Greene had published a message about vaccines on her personal Facebook account. Her verified government account was left active by the company. The government account was left active after Ms. Greene had a fifth strike.
The VAERS is a decades-old system that relies on self-reported cases from patients and health care providers.
There is no evidence of widespread side effects from the coronaviruses vaccines, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month. The agency recommends using other approved vaccines instead of the one that caused the disorder, after at least nine deaths in the United States in the past year.
The VAERS database, managed by the FDA and the C.D.C., has been used to push the idea that side effects from the coronaviruses vaccines have been under reported. The VAERS reports can not be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness, according to an overview of the database on the F.D.A.
