The Iranian leaders' use of Twitter has several GOP senators demanding a federal investigation into the California-based tech company.
slavery, U.S. support of Israel and Trump's own remarks in tweets criticizing America. Responding to Zarif's tweet labeling the U.S. as"racist," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Saturday cited Iran's own human and civil rights records:"You hang homosexuals, stone women and exterminate Jews," he tweeted.
On Friday, Cruz shared a Media Research Center report highlighting"33 examples of anti-conservative bias" and allegations of"Big Tech censorship." The Texas lawmaker was joined by fellow Republican Senators Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio and Marsha Blackburn in his February letter to Dorsey urging him to block the Iranian accounts. The senators warned the Twitter CEO that Khamenei's main English-language account"has had tweets removed for advocating murder." Cruz argues that Twitter is possibly committing criminal violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by allowing the Iranian officials to use the platform. "Ironically and infuriatingly, the Iranian regime does not allow its own people access to such platforms," the four GOP senators wrote to Dorsey. The IEEPA in tandem with the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations gives the president authority to"investigate, regulate, or prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange." The emergency powers act gives Trump a broad ability to impose restrictions on Iran or other foreign entities deemed"threats." The president last week responded to a Twitter"fact check" over one of his tweets by signing an executive order intended to limit legal protections for social media companies. By withdrawing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms would have to step up content policing efforts. "Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. Section 230 should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated!" the president tweeted about Twitter on Friday.reached out to Cruz's central Texas Senate office and the White House for additional comments Sunday afternoon. TEHRAN, IRAN - FEBRUARY 26: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei casts the first ballot in key elections for Parliament and the Assembly of Experts in Tehran, Iran, on February 26, 2016. Mr. Khamenei called on Iranians to vote en masse to"ruin the hopes of the enemies." The vote is essentially a referendum on the agenda of centrist President Hassan Rouhani, whose allies are trying to ease the grip of hardliners over many levers of government.
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