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

submitted 1 year ago by NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol the leader of the taliban looks like a French designer

[–] sugarfree@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Zuck flying to Kabul for urgent talks over this critical endorsement deal

[–] RageAgainstTheSurge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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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[–] damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Pure comedy. Twitter vs threads has been extremely entertaining

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Talibussy

[–] b1_@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Why not get those quirky Taliban guys over to America for a Twitter ad campaign, Elon. He could probably throw in a tour of Space X launch site or the Tesla car factory in Texas? (Just keep all the female employees out of sight, shh, mums the word...)

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] CalOtsu@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Aesecakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This ruins my analogy of Meta federating with Activity Pub being like the Taliban promising to be good guys this time round.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"Twitter, if it's good enough for the Taliban, it's good enough for you."

[–] Hank@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

No idea why people are still buying Teslas when the Taliban are literally a fan of the CEO.

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