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Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, has officially endorsed Twitter over Facebook-owned competitor Threads.
“Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms,” Haqqani said in an English post on Twitter. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn’t have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it.”
Twitter has fallen out of favor with many people since Elon Musk took over the company last year…The Taliban, however, seems to love it. Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification check marks after Musk started selling them in January.
Haqqani noted that the biggest draw of Twitter was this lax moderation policy…Facebook and TikTok both view the Taliban as a terrorist organization and disallow them from posting. It’s a ban that persists to this day.
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But the real question is: which platform would Hitler use?
…not that I’d expect the answer to differ.
Twittler?
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From “free speech absolutist” to “free speech extremist” 😃
I’m confident that the Taliban would never endorse me and I like it that way.
I’m not sure this is the kind of endorsement I would want.
“I can’t believe Meta would do this to us! Is it wrong for us to be a patriarchial homophobic anti-Christian, anti-Jewish group online without having someone tell us we can’t be our true authentic selves? How dare Mark Zuckerberg do this to us! At least Elon will let us be who we are. Now if you excuse me, I have to to let the leopards at the Kabul Zoo eat my face.” --Taliban Senior Leader
“Twitter, if it’s good enough for the Taliban, it’s good enough for you.”
No idea why people are still buying Teslas when the Taliban are literally a fan of the CEO.
Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification check marks after Musk started selling them in January.
Isn’t it illegal to take money from terrorist organizations?
I think they have to be on a sanctions list for it to be illegal. The Taliban is almost certainly on it though.
Good question
Great news. I was waiting to hear what they thought about it…
Pure comedy. Twitter vs threads has been extremely entertaining
“Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms,” Haqqani said in an English post on Twitter. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn’t have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it.”
I… am out of words…
Have the Taliban considered self hosting a Mastodon instance?
Free speech Elon does…
Same as Taliban.
Anyone remember the movie Middle Men (2009), a film based on Christopher Mallick’s experience running an internet billing company that managed payments for paid porn sites? The film bombed at the box office, but there was one scene of interest which, in relevance to Haqqani’s complaining is a good reminder as to why his complains about Meta are a moot point considering what happens to terrorists who use the internet. (Might be a little NSFW)
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What a glowing review!
