jimnyc
08-19-2021, 11:54 AM
If they were truly in fact worried about certain messages going out or any type of violence started from their site - then many terrorist characters and antifa would have been tossed long ago.
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Taliban Banned on Facebook, Allowed on Twitter -- Trump Still Banned on Both
"Why Trump's banned and the Taliban aren't: they play by the rules." Such was the absurd comment tweeted by Technology Policy Editor of The Washington Post Mark Seibel.
Facebook has issued a blanket ban on the Taliban, but Twitter allows an account purportedly run by its spokesman -- for now.
The Taliban rapidly took power in Afghanistan after the United States' withdrawal last week.
Facebook noted that the Taliban has long been banned under its "Dangerous Individuals and Organizations" policy, but the platform said it was "proactively" removing Taliban propaganda, according to Business Insider.
Despite Facebook’s account blanket ban on the terror group, a Twitter account run by a purported Taliban spokesperson is still on the platform.
Twitter account @Zabehulah_M33, describes itself as the "[o]fficial Twitter Account of the Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid." Some commentators argue that the reason the purported pro-Taliban accounts have not been removed is because the terror group has taken advantage of technological innovation.
“The Taliban of today is immensely savvy with technology and social media — nothing like the group it was 20 years ago,” Rita Katz, executive director of SITE Intelligence Group, a group that monitors “online extremism,” reportedly told The Washington Post.
Rest - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/08/18/taliban-banned-facebook-allowed-twitter-trump-still
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Taliban Banned on Facebook, Allowed on Twitter -- Trump Still Banned on Both
"Why Trump's banned and the Taliban aren't: they play by the rules." Such was the absurd comment tweeted by Technology Policy Editor of The Washington Post Mark Seibel.
Facebook has issued a blanket ban on the Taliban, but Twitter allows an account purportedly run by its spokesman -- for now.
The Taliban rapidly took power in Afghanistan after the United States' withdrawal last week.
Facebook noted that the Taliban has long been banned under its "Dangerous Individuals and Organizations" policy, but the platform said it was "proactively" removing Taliban propaganda, according to Business Insider.
Despite Facebook’s account blanket ban on the terror group, a Twitter account run by a purported Taliban spokesperson is still on the platform.
Twitter account @Zabehulah_M33, describes itself as the "[o]fficial Twitter Account of the Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid." Some commentators argue that the reason the purported pro-Taliban accounts have not been removed is because the terror group has taken advantage of technological innovation.
“The Taliban of today is immensely savvy with technology and social media — nothing like the group it was 20 years ago,” Rita Katz, executive director of SITE Intelligence Group, a group that monitors “online extremism,” reportedly told The Washington Post.
Rest - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/08/18/taliban-banned-facebook-allowed-twitter-trump-still