Taliban Spokesman Calls Out Facebook For Censorship [17/8/2021]

In a Tuesday press conference in Kabul, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was asked if his new government would honor free speech. His response was to call out Facebook for censorship… and he’s not wrong.
Zabihullah Mujahid: “This question should be asked to those people who are claiming to be promoters of freedom of speech who do not allow publication of all information. I could ask Facebook company. This question should be asked to them.”
Mujahid’s account doesn’t have a blue checkmark yet, but has nearly 280,000 followers and shares tweets with updates on their military.

The hypocrisy of Twitter is being exposed internationally as people question how the Taliban spokesman has a Twitter account, while President Trump is still banned from the platform.

A Twitter spokesperson told Newsweek the company will “continue to proactively enforce our rules and review content that may violate Twitter rules, specifically policies against glorification of violence, platform manipulation and spam.”