What Will Facebook And Twitter Do About Taliban Accounts?

By Olivia Canny
Afghanistan
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, center, speaks at his first news conference at the Government Media Information Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Mujahid vowed Tuesday that the Taliban would respect women's rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful population that they have changed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Rahmat Gul / Associated Press
Afghanistan
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, center, speaks at his first news conference at the Government Media Information Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Mujahid vowed Tuesday that the Taliban would respect women's rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful population that they have changed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Rahmat Gul / Associated Press

What Will Facebook And Twitter Do About Taliban Accounts?

By Olivia Canny
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While world powers question how to move forward with the Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan, social media giants have to decide what they’ll do about the group’s presence online.

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