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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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[–] NOT_RICK 169 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Pretty funny to see a member of the Taliban espouse freedom of speech. I really doubt that

[–] agitatedpotato 140 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's just like Elons definition. To these people freedom of speech means freedom to say what they want and not be challenged by pesky things like facts.

[–] NOT_RICK 50 points 1 year ago

Freedom from consequence for me but not for thee

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Because facts disrupt their intended narrative. 🤡 🙄

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Freedom of their speech

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Freedom of speech for Muslim men and not women or infidels.

[–] Boiglenoight 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot the quotation marks. It's "Freedom of Speech." ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not THE freedom of speech, it's Elon's freedom of speech. As in, he's free to choose what's shared on the platform he forcibly acquired.