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Taliban takeover of Afghanistan poses new challenge for social media
- Tuesday | 17th August, 2021
(Reuters) – The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big US tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments. Social media giant Facebook confirmed on Monday that it designates the Taliban as a terrorist group and bans it and content supporting it from its platforms. On Twitter Inc, Taliban spokesmen with hundreds of thousands of followers have tweeted updates during the country’s takeover. Major social media firms this year made high-profile decisions on handling sitting world leaders and groups in power. YouTube pointed to the US State Department’s list of FTO’s of which the Taliban is not a member.
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