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US yanks funds for anti-Iran Twitter feed after complaints – The Associated Press – US yanks funds for anti-Iran Twitter feed after complaints The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has suspended funding for an online project aimed at fighting Iranian disinformation after it tweeted harsh criticism of individual human rights workers, academics and journalists, some of whom are U.S. citizens. The department said the work done by @IranDisinfo largely conformed to the guidelines it laid out for projects it funds to counter foreign government propaganda. But, it said it suspended the funding after discovering recent tweets that violated those terms and would not resume it until the contractor responsible for the account ensures that a…
– June 3, 2019 at 03:09AM
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