What Will Elon Musk Do About the Twitter Account of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khemenei?

On its face, advocating genocide should violate Twitter rules. Yet it might also violate American sanctions.

AP/Matt Rourke, file
The Twitter logo. AP/Matt Rourke, file

Elon Musk says he wants to provide on his newly acquired Twitter “free speech that matches the law.” So what would he do with speech that is not only genocidal but might also violate American law? Case in point: Twitter user Khamenei_Ir.

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