title: The Geopolitics of Deplatforming: A Study of Suspensions of Politically-Interested Iranian Accounts on Twitter
abstract: Social media companies increasingly play a role in regulating freedom of speech.Debates over ideological motivations behind suspension policies of major platforms are on the rise.This study contributes to this ongoing debate by looking at content moderation from a geopolitical perspective.The starting premise is that US-based social media companies may be inclined to moderate content on their platforms in compliance with US sanctions laws, especially those concerned with the Specially Designated
journal: Political Communication