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. 

This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

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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