{"id":116360,"date":"2024-02-09T08:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T13:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=116360"},"modified":"2024-02-09T08:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T13:37:38","slug":"meta-removes-instagram-facebook-accounts-of-irans-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2024\/02\/09\/meta-removes-instagram-facebook-accounts-of-irans-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Removes Instagram, Facebook Accounts of Iran&#8217;s Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dateline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-116361 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 <\/span>Meta on Thursday said it had removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran&#8217;s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for violating its content policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy,&#8221; a Meta spokesperson told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Though Meta did not mention the Israel-Hamas war, the company has been under pressure to ban the leader ever since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>After the attack, Khamenei supported the bloody rampage by Hamas but denied any Iranian involvement.<\/p>\n<p>He has also publicly supported Palestinian retaliation against Israel&#8217;s bombardment of Gaza, as well as attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei, in power in Iran for 35 years, has 5 million followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an effort to prevent and disrupt real-world harm, we do not allow organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence to have a presence on our platforms,&#8221; says the policy on which Meta based its decision.<\/p>\n<p>It also says it will &#8220;remove glorification, support and representation of various dangerous organizations and individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram and Facebook are banned in Iran, but Iranians use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to evade restrictions and access prohibited websites or apps, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOA \u2014 SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Meta on Thursday said it had removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran&#8217;s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for violating its content policy. &#8220;We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy,&#8221; a Meta spokesperson told AFP. 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