Twitter users have been slowly leaving the platform since Elon Musk bought the service. However, the Taliban still appreciate Musk’s line.
Musk has characterized himself as a “freedom of speech absolutist”. Illustration image. Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Taliban leader Anas Haqqani praised Twitter in a tweet sent to the service. According to him, the freedom of speech and reliability of Twitter is significantly better than in other social media. Told about it Business Insider.
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Haqqani criticizes Meta’s services as intolerant and says that Twitter’s policies are privileges. He also praises the service as reliable.
– Twitter does not have the same intolerant practice as Metal, Haqqani said in his Tweet.
Meta’s services classify the Taliban as a terrorist organization, but Twitter has not taken a similar line in its service. It would seem that Musk’s policies on the service’s freedom of speech are to the liking of the Taliban leader.
Before buying Twitter, a tech billionaire Elon Musk said he would develop the service into a bastion of free speech. Musk has also called himself a “free speech absolutist”.
Twitter has suspended the accounts of several journalists who have criticized Musk. According to Vanity Fair the service still does this.
“Social media is a powerful tool for shaping opinion”
The Taliban and many other parties use social media to shape opinion by spreading propagandistic claims.
The Taliban launched a major social media propaganda campaign in 2021, for example, when the United States and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, on reported the BBC.
– Social media is a powerful tool for shaping public opinion, a member of the Taliban told the BBC.
Twitter has also been criticized by the EU, because in addition to the Taliban, the Kremlin’s war propaganda is spread on the service.
Neither Twitter nor Musk have commented on the incident.