Taliban Plans to Block Facebook Access in Afghanistan
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The CPJ pointed out that Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms in Afghanistan for disseminating news and information in the country.
As information, TOLO has more than 4.5 million followers on Facebook.
Just a day after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the fall of Kabul, Facebook had said it would continue to ban Taliban content from its platforms, calling the group a terrorist organisation.
Officials at Facebook added that they had consolidated a team of Afghan experts dedicated to monitoring and removing content linked to the group.
The Taliban also has a virtual presence on Twitter/X. In 2023, the group was found to be using the Elon Musk-owned website’s paid-for verification feature to display a blue tick on their accounts.