Posted on 08/17/2021 12:09:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Facebook says it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation.
The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the group.
For years, the Taliban has used social media to spread its messages.
Its rapid takeover of Afghanistan raises fresh challenges for technology firms on how to deal with content related to the group.
"The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organization policies. This means we remove accounts maintained by or on behalf of the Taliban and prohibit praise, support, and representation of them," a Facebook spokesperson told the BBC.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Kind of late now. They allowed them, but not the then-President Trump.
So...the CCP is going to recognize the Taliban.
Crickets.
The craftier Taliban are hiding over on the Harry Belafonte, Tallybon Banana FB group.
I was going to say:
A LITTLE LATE, YOU BASTIDS AT FACEBOOK, AND MAY YOU AND YOUR SUPPORTERS SUFFER THE LOSS OF YOUR ABILITY TO CAUSE SUCH CHAOS EVER AGAIN.
I pray for an America WITHOUT FACEBOOK, THE WORST KIND OF VIRUS.
Seriously, the fact that facebook, twitter, or any other media platform would even consider allowing terrorists access to their platforms should get the entire company shut down and the management charged with aiding terrorism.
BBC & the rest of the FakeNewsMSM, who travelled with the so-called Taliban as they marched into the Afghan cities - just as they did with ISIS in Syria & Libya - will now be happy to have Afghanistan go quiet again. lots of opium over there, after all.
major Taliban players have been in Qatar - home of the Muslim Brotherhood.
a Saudi perspective:
16 Aug: Al Arabiya: The return of Taliban and the future of radicalism
by Abdullah bin Bijad al-Otaibi, Saudi writer and researcher. He is a member of the board of advisors at Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center
But enough about the past, for the future is what matters most. In this regard, it suffices to underline three expectations, each with different consequences and impacts to be monitored and analyzed.
The first is the proliferation of terrorism, which will be an integral part of what I have long called “the fundamentalist era,” not only in Afghanistan, but across the entire Muslim world. Afghanistan will once again become a safe haven for all fundamentalists and terrorists, starting with the Muslim Brotherhood and not ending with al-Qaeda. The alliance between Sunni and Shia fundamentalism will prosper, which augurs some lean years.
Second, drug trafficking will thrive. A key weapon in political and economic wars, drug trafficking will likely prosper unhinged, starting from the Hindukush mountains in Afghanistan to the coasts of Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
The third is the dangerous spiritual “revolution” on a wide scale in the ranks of fundamentalists and terrorists...
Alas, after decades of powerlessness, the Afghani people found themselves caught between a rock and a hard place: either a “corrupt elite,” or an “extremist movement.”
https://english.alarabiya.net/authors/Abdullah-bin-Bijad-al-Otaibi-
btw Ned Price, Biden state department spokesperson, was mocked on Twitter for calling on the Taliban to form a “united, inclusive and representative” government”, but that was the meme for everyone:
BBC fake surprise call: 1min30sec to 3min: Suhail Shaheen twice says there will be “inclusive Afghan government”:
VIDEO: 32min: 16 Aug: BBC: Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen calls the BBC - interview in full
Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen calls the BBC - interview in full
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A spokesman for the Taliban has told the BBC that the militants want a “peaceful transfer of power” in Afghanistan the next few days.
Suhail Shaheen called the BBC’s Yalda Hakim, live on air (ON HER MOBILE, WHICH HE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE!).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-58223530
separately, u have Bloomberg:
VIDEO: 1min11sec: 16 Aug: Bloomberg: Taliban Says It Wants Inclusive Government
“Because of the support of the people, we were able to have a resistance against occupation for 20 years.” Taliban spokesman and negotiator Suhail Shaheen says the group is holding talks aimed at forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-08-16/taliban-wants-inclusive-government-video
and AP:
16 Aug: AP: Spokesman: Taliban seek ‘open, inclusive’ Islamic government
A Taliban spokesman and negotiator said told The Associated Press on Sunday that the militant group is holding talks aimed at forming an “open, inclusive Islamic government” in Afghanistan.
Suhail Shaheen spoke to the AP...
this says a lot about BBC’s Yalda Hakim!
Photo: Yalda Hakim with John McCain:
25 Aug 2018: Facebook: Yalda Hakim
John McCain has been a friend of freedom in Afghanistan and throughout the world - an ally of all those struggling for democracy, human rights and women’s rights against even the toughest odds. Just as he has stood steadfastly with us in our battles, we now stand proudly with him in his last battle - forever grateful for all that he has done.
— with ***Adlay Mikah.
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1824653387612418&set=ecnf.100050624013262
***Adlay Mikah is simply Yalda Hakim spelt backwards.
Translation: Ban all articles that criticize Joe Bidens handling of the Taliban
last word on BBC. amidst all the hours of propaganda on BBC World Sce, broadcast to the world, there was what sounded like an elderly Afghan man’s voice mail:
the Taliban he encountered in Kabul were speaking a dialect unknown to Afghans. this was a foreign invasion, he said.
Correct! This is all about protecting Biden.
“The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law””
Wow - They just discovered this yesterday? A$$h0le$
After they successfully used FB’s WhatsApp to organize and coordinate the takeover. Facebook facilitated this disaster for those people.
Mission Accomplished for Facebook
>>the Taliban he encountered in Kabul were speaking a dialect unknown to Afghans. this was a foreign invasion, he said.<<
The Taliban were always based in Pakistan.
Plus now they have jihadis from all over.
Facebook is a monster. They NOW ban the Taliban? No, now they ban (rightful) criticism of Biden.
Facebook is a top notch bunch of anti American freeloaders.
“So...the CCP is going to recognize the Taliban.”
Isn’t the UN supposed to vote on recognizing the new Islamic state?
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