Twitter, Facebook delete ‘Iran-Linked’ accounts without looking at firm’s report
Sputnik – Twitter and Facebook announced Tuesday that, based on a report by cybersecurity firm and CIA startup FireEye, the two social…
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‘Attack Iran to get reelected’: Twitter discovers Trump ‘warned’ of Iran conflict plot – but Obama’s
RT – As tensions ratchet up between Washington and Tehran, the internet is taking a moment to appreciate the irony of some…
A survey of Iranians active on twitter
Financial Tribune – Iranian news website Digiato, with help from artificial intelligence text analysis service provider Vakavic, has reviewed 1 million tweets…
Twitter’s double standard policy toward Iran’s Leader post angered users
February 19, The Iran Project – In a politically-motivated move, Twitter temporarily banned @khamenei_ir account from further tweeting until it deleted a tweet referencing…
Zarif’s twitter diplomacy and the failed Warsaw summit
Iranian Diplomacy | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: In the aftermath of the US-sponsored summit on Middle East in Warsaw, there is a strong…
Selective censure? Twitter hides Iranian leader’s post citing Rushdie fatwa in rare policy move
RT – Twitter has said it hid a tweet attributed to the Iranian supreme leader, which cited an execution order, in line…
Twitter removes Leader’s anti-Trump remarks
FNA – Twitter removed a post on the Arabic account of Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei where the Leader had said…
Twitter bows to Israeli pressure again, blocks Hamas, Hezbollah accounts: Report
Tasnim – Twitter has revealed that it blocked over 20 accounts belonging to Hamas and Hezbollah to meet demands issued by Israel,…
Twitter is Coming: Iranians strike back at Trump with memes
Al-Monitor | Fereshteh Sadeghi: “Sanctions are coming November 5,” US President Donald Trump tweeted Nov. 2, ominously warning Iran on the sanctions…
Saudis’ image makers: A troll Army and a Twitter insider
The New York Times | Katie Benner, Mark Mazzetti, Ben Hubbard and Mike Isaac: Each morning, Jamal Khashoggi would check his phone…
Tehran probes Twitter’s basis for banning Iranian users – Info minister
Sputnik – Iran will compile lists of fake and real Twitter accounts and send it to Twitter to assess whether the network’s…
Iranians respond to MEK troll farm: #YouAreBots
Al-Monitor – Anyone who has been active on Twitter and tweeted about Iran in the past year can attest that the online…
Iran asks for Twitter’s reaction to violence-seeking groups
FNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif once again called on Twitter to confront the violence-seeking groups which seek to damage Iran’s…
Twitter in need of whistle-blowing, says Iran spox
IRNA – There should be efforts to make the officials of Twitter aware that they are being exploited by terrorist groups, Iran’s…
Iranian envoy stresses closing fake Twitter accounts
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador in London Hamid Baeidinejad in a message on Sunday emphasized the need to shutter fake accounts in Twitter.…
Faking the online debate on Iran
Al Jazeera – Last month, Google, Facebook and Twitter announced the shutdown of pages and accounts they say were linked to Iran. While…
Zarif slams Twitter double standards
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message condemned Twitter for practicing double standards on shuttering Iranian accounts. ‘Hello…
Facebook and Twitter remove accounts linked to Russia and Iran campaigns
BBC – Facebook and Twitter say they have suspended or removed accounts linked to Iran and Russia over “inauthentic” or “manipulating” behaviour.…
Iranian official rejects lifting filtering on Twitter
IRNA – Iranian Deputy Prosecutor General Abdol Samad Khorram Abadi rejected news over lifting filtering on Twitter. Khorram Abadi referred to various…
Trump, Iran drama escalates—via Twitter
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Tensions are mounting between Donald Trump and Iran—the US president’s raw tweet threatening Tehran was met Monday…
Twitter users call for Trump’s account suspension
IRNA – Some prominent users of Twitter in separate messages reacted to US President Donald Trump recent threatening message against Iran and…
Trump threatens Iran, Twitter responds with jokes and memes
BBC – Social media users have responded to President Trump’s angry Twitter threat towards Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani by aping his words…
Facebook, Twitter close Hezbollah pages in blow to speech freedom
Alwaght – Recently, the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter suspended the accounts of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a measure drew welcome…
Six Iranian ministers, two MPs call for unlocking Twitter
IFP – Six Iranian ministers as well as two lawmakers, all of whom are members of the council in charge of filtering,…
Iranians not banned from Twitter activity
IRNA – Although Twitter corporation is legally banned from having activity in Iran, the Iranians are not banned from Twitter access, Iran’s…
Tax, Twitter and twisted concerns
Financial Tribune | Fatemeh Fallah: The significant rise in departure tax incorporated by President Hassan Rouhani and his budgetary cadre in the…
Iran in talks to unblock Twitter
AFP- Iran’s new communications minister said Tuesday that negotiations were underway with Twitter to unblock the service, which has been banned for…
Twitter blocked in Iran for national security concerns: Minister
IFP- Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology says Twitter is blocked in the Islamic Republic for certain national security concerns, not…
Iran Telecoms minister calls for unblocking Twitter
Financial Tribune- The Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi has called for unblocking people’s access to Twitter. According to local…
People take to Twitter to proclaim Iran hates MKO
Press TV – A hashtag uniting those who detest the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) is accumulating a significant following on Twitter.…
Twitter suspends Arabic account of Ayat. Khamenei
MNA – In a hostile act, social network Twitter has suspended Arabic account of Imam Khamenei which was publishing news about him.…
Ahmadinejad and Trump on Twitter are a match made in heaven
The Guardian|Saeed Kamali Dehghan: Iran’s former president wrote a letter to Trump recently. Having had no reply, he’s begun tweeting. What could…
‘The Salesman’ hashtag turns top Twitter trend
IRNA – The hashtag created for Iranian director’s film ‘The Salesman’ has swept the Twitter to become the top trend of the…
Twitter sends thank you note to users on 10th birthday
NEW YORK: With 320 million users including celebrities such as Harry Styles, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber on its platform, the micro-blogging…
Twitter shuts down 125,000 Daesh accounts
Twitter, an American social networking website, says since 2015 it has deleted 125,000 accounts linked to the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group. The…
Twitter shutting down accounts tweeting, re-tweeting Iranian Leader’s letter
TEHRAN (FNA)- Online social networking service, Twitter, has started suspending accounts that have tweeted the contents of the letter that Iran’s Supreme…
From Digikala to Hamijoo: the Iranian startup revolution, phase two
In Iran, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are among many sites blocked by the authorities, spurring a generation of young entrepreneurs to invent…
‘Source of evil’: Saudi religious police launch Twitter account despite moral doubts
Saudi Arabia’s religious police have joined Twitter, in what is seen as a public relations drive, and have already amassed 66,000 followers.…
Twitter adds Iran, Cuba and 26 other countries to location options
Twitter has implemented a change that allows users in Iran, Cuba, and 26 other countries to select their location in their account settings,…
Iran supreme leader uses Twitter to blast US and says #BlackLivesMatter
Iran’s supreme leader has stepped into the debate over police violence and race in America, likening police shootings of black people in…