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Twitter removes tweet by former Malaysian leader for glorifying violence – Source CNET Internet News

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One tweet was removed from Mahathir Mohamad’s controversial Twitter thread.


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Twitter removed a tweet from former prime minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad for violating its rules banning the glorification of violence.

In the tweet, which was part of a longer thread about Muslims living in France, Mohamad said that “Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.” The thread appears to have been sparked by a suspected terrorist incident in the French city of Nice on Thursday, in which three people were killed…

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