Twitter hides Dr M’s ‘right to be angry’ remark, calls it ‘glorifying violence’

 

Microblogging service Twitter has hidden former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s tweets regarding developments in France for supposedly glorifying violence.

When retweeted, the offending post is replaced with the message that reads “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence.

“However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”

The message from Twitter also provides netizens links to either “unhide” Mahathir’s tweet, or read more about its public interest exception policy.

Under the policy, tweets that would otherwise be removed could be retained if deemed to be of public interest to do so. This is only applicable to elected and government officials who meet certain criteria.

The offending tweet was part of a series of tweets by the Langkawi MP, which contains the same content as Mahathir’s blog post regarding French President Emmanuel Macron.

Many Twitter users expressed alarm and condemnation over Point 12 of Mahathir’s post, where he said, “Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.”

[More to follow] - Mkini