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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responds to Sen. Roger Wicker's question on tweets calling for the 'elimination of the Zionist regime' during the Big Tech hearings.

Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran questioned why some countries have criminalized Holocaust denial on Wednesday inan uncensored post toTwitter, which is facing scrutiny for how the social media platformhas censored posts, like a recent New York Post article on the Biden family's business and political connections.

"Why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust?"Khamenei tweeted Wednesday."Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed?"

Meanwhile, members the U.S.SenateCommerce Committee asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about censorship bias.

Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., asked Dorsey why Khamenei's tweets "questioning the Holocaust...remain unflagged on Twitter's platform" despite the platform's decision to label tweets from President Trump about mail-in ballots and COVID-19 with links to more context.

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Dorsey agreed that someone denyingthe Holocaust would be spreading misinformation but added that Twitter does not "have a policy againstmisinformation, we have a policyagainst misinformation in threecategories" includingmanipulating media, specifically coded publichealth topics like COVID-19,andelectioninterference and votersuppression.

Khamenei's tweets about the Holocaust, nor his tweets threatening Israel orthe U.S., require labels under those qualifications. But Holocaust denial is a crime in several countries, including Germany, Austriaand Israel. Holocaust denial is not a crime in the United States, however.

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Dorsey later defended Twitter's stance thatKhamenei's posts are mere "saber-rattling" -- a phrase Twitter officials haveused to defend its decisions to keep the Iranian supreme leader's posts visible and unlabeled.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who also called out Dorsey for leaving up the supreme leader's tweets on Wednesday,called foran investigation into Twitter in alettersent in May to the Justice and Treasurydepartmentsfor violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Cruz had sent a letter to the social media giant in February requesting that it comply with U.S. law and stop providing services to the accounts.

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"Twitter sent a letter back saying their company policy was to allow as much discussion as possible, and they apparently believe they are exempt from the criminal laws of this country," Cruz told FOX Business' "Varney & Co." at the time. "So today, I asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. Those sanction laws are designed to stop U.S. companies from facilitating Iranian terror."

Republicansargued during the hearingthat Twitter's decisions to not label tweets fromKhamenei and other foreign leaders who condemn the U.S. on Twitter, such as Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao, represent a double standard when compared to its treatment of the president.

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Democrats argued that Twitter and Facebook should be doing more to censor hate speech that could lead to violence.

Other tech and policy expertssay censoring more voices is not the solution to a more open internetand that social media platforms should avoid labeling or removing posts from anyone in an effort to encourage free speech online.

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