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Key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder has X account reinstated


Saud al-Qahtani had been suspended permanently on Twitter before Elon Musk took over and rebranded it as X

It found that the crown prince had approved the grizzly operation in Turkey that killed the Washington Post columnist, who was dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Experts speculated that it could be part of a wider attempt by Musk to reinstate users who were previously suspended, or simply an unintended technical glitch. “Reinstating the accounts of individuals who violated the platform’s policies has allowed malicious actors to take advantage of the change in Twitter’s leadership to adapt their manipulation tactics, as seen in this case, without fear of consequences,” DFRLab concluded.

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