Facebook declares the Taliban as a terrorist group and sets on banning content.
Facebook said that it has banned the Taliban and all of the group’s content from its platforms designating the militants to be a ‘terrorist organization. As per ANI, the tech giant has said that it has dedicated an entire team of Afghan experts to not only monitor but also to remove the content that is linked to the extremist group which had declared on August 16 that it controls Afghanistan. For several years now, the Taliban has used social media to broadcast its messages.
The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organization policies. This means we remove accounts maintained by or on behalf of the Taliban and prohibit praise, support, and representation of them," Facebook`s spokesperson told ANI.
Facebook has also said that it does not make any decisions about the recognition of national governments but instead adhered to the “authority of the international community.”
Facebook has also stressed that the policy applies to all of its platforms including its flagship social media networks, Instagram and WhatsApp.
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