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Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads (www.vice.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Wow. When you've lost the Talaban who do you have, really?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lol the leader of the taliban looks like a French designer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Pure comedy. Twitter vs threads has been extremely entertaining

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

From "free speech absolutist" to "free speech extremist" 😃

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Talibussy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure this is the kind of endorsement I would want.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

This just reinforces my opinion of the Taliban as been jerks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm confident that the Taliban would never endorse me and I like it that way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

So the alt-right and nazis flock to threads and the taliban endorse twitter. It just seems like losers all around.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This is like the always sunny episode where Boko Haram endorses Wolf Cola.