Twitter suspends account of former adviser to Saudi Arabia's crown prince

Twitter has suspended or removed thousands of accounts linked to governments in the Middle East, including one belonging to a former Saudi royal court adviser suspected of being involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

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The social network said Friday that it had permanently suspended the account of Saud al-Qahtani, a former top aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who at one point had more than 1.35 million followers on Twitter. Twitter said the account, which had been dormant for a year, was suspended due to"violations of our platform manipulation policies." Al-Qahtani was dismissed in 2018 amid allegations that he was involved in the murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist.

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