Taliban supports Musk’s Twitter over Zuckerberg’s Threads
2 min readThe Taliban has come out in help of Elon Musk-run Twitter over Mark Zuckerberg-run Threads on Instagram, saying different platforms can not exchange the unique micro-blogging platform.
Anas Haqqani, a Taliban thought-leader with household connections to the management, formally endorsed Twitter over Meta’s Threads that has crossed 100 million customers inside per week of its launch.
“Twitter has two vital benefits over different social media platforms. The first privilege is the liberty of speech. The second privilege is the general public nature and credibility of Twitter,” Haqqani posted.
He mentioned that Twitter does not have an illiberal coverage like Meta.
“Other platforms can not exchange it,” added the senior member of the Taliban.
A Twitter person posted: “What has it come to, even Taliban endorsing Twitter”.
According to studies, whereas Twitter has fallen out of favour with a number of outstanding individuals, celebrities and promoting manufacturers since Musk took over in October final yr and made drastic adjustments, the Taliban appears to find it irresistible.
Two Taliban officers even purchased blue verification test marks after Musk began promoting them in January this yr for $8 a month, studies Vice.
The Taliban could be very aggressive about utilizing social mediaplatforms to push its message throughout to its viewers.
However, “Facebook and TikTok each view the Taliban as a terrorist organisation and disallow them from posting. It’s a ban that persists to this present day”, the report talked about.
(With inputs from IANS)