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Houthi-linked dealers sell arms on X and WhatsApp, report says
Traders affiliated to Iran-backed rebel group found to have been running weapon stores on social media for years
An arms dealer advertises an M4 rifle, with ‘Property of the US Govt’ emblazoned on its side, on X Photograph: Tech Transparency ProjectMeta, which owns WhatsApp, and X are scaling back their content moderation policies at a moment when experts say disinformation and illicit trafficking is on the rise. One such account offered dozens of guns, including a Glock pistol wrapped in a custom skin showing images of the Lincoln Memorial, the White House and an American colonial-era soldier with the words “Preserve, Protect, Defend” written on it. Earlier this year, the US imposed sanctions on a Houthi arms smuggling network that was accused of procuring “tens of millions of dollars’” worth of Russian weapons with the assistance of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
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