Twitter hides tweet purportedly from Iranian Supreme Leader [www.techspot.com]
Twitter Removed A Tweet Linked To Iran's Supreme Leader That Threatened Salman Rushdie [www.buzzfeednews.com]
This is the crux of the problem. In multiple interviews, @jack has said Trump's tweets are newsworthy and wouldn't directly answer what it would take to get the president reprimanded or removed.
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) February 15, 2019
But what happens when another world leader tweets a threat?https://t.co/km7KFOn4Qw
Here's a link to the policy the tweet specifically violated: https://t.co/wzav3GNLP3
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) February 15, 2019
The @khamenei_ir account will go into read-only mode until the offending tweet is deleted by the user. (The account hasn't tweeted since yesterday.) The public will also not be able to see the tweet.
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) February 15, 2019
So far, no suspension or removal of the account, according to Twitter spox.
A Twitter spokesperson just said this tweet from Iran's leader violated its terms of service and has been made unavailable.
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) February 15, 2019
"It's against our rules to make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people." pic.twitter.com/LvLmIHQDFd
Twitter can't even enforce its insane rules properly. If they allow Trump tweets on the basis of newsworthiness regardless of TOS violations, this would certainly be allowed in the same way. https://t.co/4OQu9OagOr
— EJ Fox (@mrejfox) February 15, 2019
Asked why @khamenei_ir wasn't suspended (even temporarily), a Twitter spox said "the enforcement was at the tweet level" and that they have nothing more to share.
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) February 15, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader https://t.co/kICW9cQeoo via @RMac18
— Kenny_ANTI_gop (@Hope012015) February 16, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader https://t.co/mMeuDVjSFD via @RMac18
— Afshin Ellian (@AfshinEllian1) February 16, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Mullahs' Supreme Leader. ?
— siyavoshkhorami (@SiyavoshKhorami) February 16, 2019
Now, Twitter (@Twitter) should #SuspendKhameneiTwitterAccount for good. #IranTerror
That's not enough @Jack & @TwitterSupport shut down this account (khamenie_ir)?
https://t.co/pwMfWiBlJQ pic.twitter.com/zVnXfbg47Z
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Mullahs' Supreme Leader. ???????
— Amir Bolurchi (@ablrchi) February 16, 2019
Now, Twitter (@Twitter) should #SuspendKhameneiTwitterAccount for good. #IranTerrorhttps://t.co/5DRaZ86yOl via @RMac18
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) February 16, 2019
Twitter has previously used a newsworthiness standard to defend its refusal to apply abuse and harassment rules to Trump’s account.
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Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader.#Iran #FreeIran #IranRegimeChangehttps://t.co/1Z7pXaitzj … via @RMac18 pic.twitter.com/6H71jjvUGM
— iran panorama (@rezahoseanirad2) February 16, 2019
-@Twitter just removed this tweet from an account linked to #Iran’s “Supreme Leader” &prevented it from tweeting until the offending post was deleted. Twitter did not suspend the account, in spite of the violation of its rules.#SocialMedia #Incitement
— Israel Nitzan?? (@IsraelNitzan) February 16, 2019
▶️https://t.co/cwZ4LtzLB7 pic.twitter.com/CgfY3kSFW8
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader https://t.co/d4iQbEQXj1
— Peymaneh Shafi (@peymaneh123) February 16, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader, Raising Enforcement Questions https://t.co/0ZU5YZ2iKP
— Laila Jazayeri (@LJazayeri) February 16, 2019
Twitter accounts of #Iran unlawful leader #Khamenei and other #terrorists officials of the ruling dictatorship must be closed.
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader - @khamenei_ir :https://t.co/sGj3odL8ud
— Kayhan Life (@KayhanLife) February 16, 2019
Twitter removed a tweet from an account that reportedly belongs to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday for appearing to call for the execution of noted novelist Salman Rushdie.https://t.co/kcZMagTo8Q
— Dr. Reza Parchizadeh (@rezaparchizadeh) February 16, 2019
.@Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To #Iran’s Supreme Leader
— mostafa.m (@MostafaMe4) February 16, 2019
The only way to stop the spread of hate and Islamic fundamentalism is shutting down this malign account of #Khamenei#SuspendKhameneiTwitterAccount #Iranterror https://t.co/IKAkAZo807 via @RMac18
Twitter has previously used a newsworthiness standard to defend its refusal to apply abuse and harassment rules to President Donald Trump’s account. https://t.co/WxHmuafPJJ
— BuzzFeed UK (@BuzzFeedUK) February 17, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader https://t.co/fLwuJ6PI8O via @RMac18 great move by twitter the next step should be #SuspendKhameneiTwitterAccount
— Shirin Nariman (@ShirinNariman) February 17, 2019
What happens when a leader calls for the execution of a novelist on Twitter? Twitter removed the tweet from an account of Iran's Khamenei that had threatened Salman Rushdie, once the target of an Iranian "fatwa" https://t.co/s5NiiDrvDN pic.twitter.com/ULEUKnEvws
— David Beard (@dabeard) February 16, 2019
Twitter Just Deleted A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader About Salman Rushdie https://t.co/Im62WKPZml pic.twitter.com/Afb1ekDO2a
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) February 17, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader, Raising Enforcement Questions https://t.co/jDVVHcsAPS
— Parviz Khazaei ?? (@khazaei_parviz) February 17, 2019
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader.#Iran #FreeIran #IranRegimeChange@USAdarFarsi https://t.co/LeCGIHqkoa via @RMac18 pic.twitter.com/VylytIvdTA
— Iran Freedom-En (@4freedominiran2) February 16, 2019