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Twitter Bans Saudi Official Implicated In Khashoggi Murder, Hundreds Of Other Pro-Saudi Accounts
Twitter on Saturday said it had “removed or suspended thousands of accounts with ties to governments in the Middle East,” including a former close media adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who reportedly ran a pro-regime online troll army and was implicated as involved in the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Report: One Of Mohammed Bin Salman’s Top Advisers Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Death Via Skype
The Saudis have admitted Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist in self-imposed exile and frequent critic of Saudi Arabia’s heir to the throne Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed after entering their consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
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Twitter Suspends Pro-Saudi Bots Spreading Propaganda About The Murder Of Jamal Khashoggi
Anyone who tweeted about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the past two weeks saw major pushback on Twitter from accounts in Saudi Arabia. But that could slow down in the coming days. Twitter has now reportedly banned an unspecified number of alleged bots that were pushing pro-Saudi propaganda.
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Saudi Arabia Threatens Anyone Spreading ‘Fake News’ Online With 5 Years In Prison, Heavy Fines
Saudi Arabia is threatening to give 5-year prison terms and heavy fines to anyone caught spreading “fake news” online, a warning to those discussing the suspected murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The threat, published over the weekend in the Saudi Gazette, echoes one of President Trump’s favourite phrases to demean any journalism that…