DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is notorious for using his Twitter accounts to incite hate, violence and disinformation. Yet his many accounts in multiple languages still exist on the platform. These accounts, in languages including Persian, English, and Spanish, regularly post content that would – and should – violate Twitter’s policies.
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