Twitter’s double standard policy toward Iran’s Leader post angered users
Tehran (Basirat) : In a politically-motivated move, Twitter temporarily banned @khamenei_ir account from further tweeting until it deleted a tweet referencing the 1989 fatwa against British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie. The move drew the criticism of Twitter users and journalists who saw it as a sign of the social media giant’s double standard policy.
Twitter confirmed on Friday Feb. 10 that it had enforced its policy against allegedly violent threats of violence on the platform when it made inaccessible a tweet by @khamenei_ir, an account that is widely associated with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
In a tweet, the account @khamenei_ir that provides "regular updates and news about Ayatollah Khamenei, marked the anniversary of the 1989 "fatwa” against Rushdie.
The February 14, 1989″ fatwa”, a non-binding legislative opinion in Islamic law, was issued by tthe then-leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini. It instructed Muslims to execute Rushdie, who was accused of blasphemy over his controversial novel "The Satanic Verses”.
Source:IranProject
