Written by: Nathaniel Mannor
When President Trump was banned from Twitter after January 6 for “inciting violence,” this began the crackdown by social media platforms against anyone who disagrees with them. When Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was banned from YouTube for posting Covid “misinformation,” our tech overlords lined up their firing squads against Senator Paul and all conservatives. But when social media sites barred the Taliban from spreading their extremist ideology, this was a sign of good things to come. Oh wait, the Taliban was never banned.
Despite advocating for harsh Sharia law and female sex slaves, the Taliban still maintains an active presence online despite social media sites claiming to stand against terrorists using these locations. Facebook and YouTube both pledged to censor the Taliban, but Twitter has issued no such statement. Instead, Twitter said they would only block the Taliban if they post material that violates their platform rules. So posting about murdering women, gays, and Jews is fine, but voicing skepticism over double face masks is somehow not okay?
But Twitter may not have to act first as the Taliban could either block social media or suspend the internet in Afghanistan. All they would have to do is seize the telecom companies and force them to shut down civilian internet access within two to three hours of dominating the country. But even if that never comes to fruition, Twitter will still host them because the Taliban (and their supporters) fall closer to the Democrats than Trump and his allies.
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