Twitter suspends the account of former Saudi royal court adviser Saud al Qahtani nearly a year after he was sacked over his suspected role in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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He dictated Saudi Arabia’s official line on issues including a diplomatic dispute with Qatar and security and human rights. Twitter declined to specify the precise reason or timing for Qahtani’s suspension, saying only that he had violated the company’s “platform manipulation” policies. The company said those accounts were managed by a private company called DotDev, which identifies itself on its website as a “custom software solutions company based in Abu Dhabi.” DotDev also has an Egyptian affiliate based in Giza, outside of Cairo.
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