Florida Politics: “Twitter on Monday suspended Rebekah Jones, a former Department of Health data curator who made national headlines after being fired from the department for insubordination from its platform. While it is unclear why Twitter suspended the account, the social media giant typically sidelines accounts after they violate ‘Twitter rules.’ Jones reportedly told E.W. Scripps the suspension is in response to a recent Miami Herald story she overshared. The account, she added, would likely be reinstated soon. Jones, who helped build the state’s online presentation of its COVID-19 data, garnered national attention a year ago when she sowed doubt about the information being reported by the state when Florida was an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. She suggested Health Department managers wanted her to manipulate information to paint a rosier picture, and that she pushed back.”

“Notably, the allegations thrusted Jones into the spotlight and pit her against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. In the months since her termination, media outlets have jousted over Jones’ allegations. The DeSantis administration released a statement applauding the suspension shortly after reports began circulating, Politico reported. ‘This decision was long overdue,’ the statement said. ‘Rebekah Jones is the Typhoid Mary of COVID-19 disinformation and has harmed hardworking DOH employees with her defamatory conspiracy theories. I hope someone will ask Ms. Jones why she thinks she got suspended – will she allege that Governor DeSantis is somehow behind Twitter’s decision? That would be deeply ironic if she tried to spin that falsehood into her conspiracy theory, given the Governor’s stance on Big Tech.'”