the Facebook banned any content in support of the Taliban militia from its platforms -which since yesterday fully controls Afghanistan– that you consider a “terrorist organization”, and announced that a group of experts is already active to monitor and eliminate them.
“The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we prohibit our services in accordance with our dangerous organizations policies.. This means that we delete accounts held by or on behalf of the Taliban and prohibit their praise, support and representation.“, a Facebook spokesman told the British public information service BBC.
For years, the Islamic militia has used social media to spread its messages, so its rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses new challenges for tech companies on what to do with content related to this and other radical groups.
Facebook called the Taliban the terrorist organization and dangerous for many years.
Taliban banned from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
The tech giant’s spokesman added that “a dedicated team of experts in Afghanistan, who are native speakers of Dari and Pashto and have knowledge of the local context, helps us identify and alert us to emerging issues on the platform.”
Facebook does not make decisions about the recognition of national governments, but rather follows the “authority of the international community”, he added, noting that the policy applies to all of your platforms, including your main social media network, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Despite the ban, there are reports that the Taliban are using WhatsApp to communicate. Asked about this point, the spokesman said he would take action if he found accounts linked to the group in the app.
Other social media platforms are also under scrutiny about how they handle Taliban-related content.
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