Twitter/X removes verified status of Iranian state media accounts
The move followed a report suggesting X may be violating US sanctions by offering paid services to sanctioned Iranian organizations.
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The move followed a report suggesting X may be violating US sanctions by offering paid services to sanctioned Iranian organizations.
Sanctioned Services The social network formerly known as Twitter is once again in the midst of an extremism crisis under Elon Musk's leadership. In a new report, the Tech Transparency Project found that leaders of Hezbollah, an Islamic fundamentalist group in Lebanon that has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States for nearly […]
Elon Musk's X has been accused of flouting US sanctions by providing verified accounts to individuals and entities affiliated with Hezbollah, Iran, Russia,…
The 76-year-old writer had refused to call the social media site previously known as Twitter by its new name X, causing Musk to respond to him.
Several entities with verified X accounts have been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), TTP reports.