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The Twitter account of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been removed by Twitter authorities for the murder of a French church by strangulation. His argument for removing the tweet on Thursday was that Mahathir had broken Twitter’s rules by glorifying violence. The former Malaysian prime minister wrote: “There are legitimate reasons behind the anger of Muslims and the genocide of millions of French citizens in the past.”
The tweet sparked outrage among social media users shortly after Wednesday’s attack in the French city of Nice. Although Mahathir’s tweet was deleted, the anger of the social site users towards him has not diminished. There is a storm of condemnation against Mahathir on social media. Mahathir’s tweet was harshly criticized by Cedric, France’s digital sector secretary. Not only that, he also went one step further and demanded that Mahathir’s Twitter account be banned.
“I have spoken to the managing director of Twitter in France about this,” he said. The Twitter account of the former Malaysian prime minister should be banned immediately. Otherwise, Twitter will also be officially involved in the murder.
A militant attacked a Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice on Wednesday morning with a knife during prayers. At the time of the incident, three people, including a woman, were killed with their throats slit. Several people were injured in the attack. The police shot and wounded the attacker. The French government has called the incident a “terrorist attack”. In this atmosphere, Mahathir’s tweet seems to add fuel to the fire. That tweet was eventually removed because it was against Twitter policy.
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