A Twitter senior official supported on Wednesday the decision to attach a special label to a tweet by President Donald Trump about violent protests but said that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s posts inciting violence against Israel count as comments on political issues, according to The Times of Israel.
“We have an approach toward leaders that says that direct interactions with fellow public figures, comments on political issues of the day, or foreign policy saber-rattling on military-economic issues are generally not in violation of our rules,” Ylwa Pettersson, Twitter’s head policy for the Nordic countries and Israel said when testifying via video-conference at an Israeli Knesset—Israel’s parliament—committee meeting, reported The Times of Israel.
