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The Taliban bought Twitter’s $8 a month blue ticks. They appear to have been removed after outrage.

18th January, 2023 · admin

Business Insider: The Twitter accounts of at least two Taliban officials were sporting blue ticks on Monday, per the BBC. That sparked an outrage and by Tuesday, the ticks appear to have been removed. Governments around the world the world are still grappling with whether to recognize the hardline Islamist regime. Click here to read

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Posted in Taliban | Tags: Social Media |
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Young Man Arrested in Ghor for Posting Critical Content on Facebook

3rd January, 2023 · admin

8am: Local sources told Hasht-e Subh on Tuesday, January 3 that Majid Ahmadi, who had criticized the Taliban on his Facebook page for their decision to ban university education for women, was arrested by Taliban forces. Taliban members arrested the young man four days ago in Firuzkoh, the capital city of Ghor province, according to

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Posted in Censorship, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Ghor, Life under Taliban rule, Social Media |
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Afghan YouTuber Ajmal Haqiqi & his Colleagues Gets Released

22nd December, 2022 · admin

Khaama: Afghan YouTuber Ajmal Haqiqi and his three colleagues arbitrarily arrested on charges of “insulting Islamic sacred values” were released on Wednesday. In a video circulating on social media, Haqiqi confirmed his release and that of his three colleagues namely, Omid Aman, Ghulam Sakhi, and Obidullah Majeedi. He says they spent nearly six months in

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Taliban | Tags: Ajmal Haqiqi, Social Media |
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Taliban Arrests Young Man for Criticizing the Group on Social Media

14th November, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in Ghor province confirm the Taliban have imprisoned a young man for posting critical content on his Facebook page. In an interview on Monday, sources said the young man was arrested for criticizing lawlessness in the province. Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, many people have been arrested and tortured

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Posted in Censorship, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Ghor, Life under Taliban rule, Social Media |
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TikTok and PUBG Called Illegitimate by Taliban, to Be Banned in Afghanistan in Next Three Months

18th September, 2022 · admin

8am: The Taliban-controlled ministry decided to ban the use of TikTok and PUBG in a meeting attended by representatives of the Taliban’s security sectors and the Ministry of Virtue Promotion. According to the decision of the Taliban’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, TikTok will be banned in Afghanistan within one month and PUBG after

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Posted in Everyday Life, Taliban | Tags: Gaming in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule, Social Media |
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Are the Taliban Losing Their Digital Clout?

28th July, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News July 28, 2022 Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has more than 630,000 followers of his official Twitter account. But the only web address under his profile links to a terminated page. Mujahid and his team were once dubbed masters of online propaganda when the Taliban were fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Social Media |
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Hashtag ‘Supporting Taliban’ Tops Twitter Trends in Pakistan

23rd July, 2022 · admin

8am: After launching a Twitter campaign by Afghan users to block accounts related to the Taliban regime on Twitter, this group has now launched a campaign with the help of Pakistani users.This campaign to support the Taliban in Pakistan has been at the top of the trending hashtags on Twitter in this country on Saturday.

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Posted in Media, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Social Media |
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Taliban Bans TikTok, Popular Video Game In Afghanistan

21st April, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 21, 2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have banned the social media application TikTok and popular online game PUBG, saying the move is aimed to protect younger generations from a bad influence. Spokesman Inamullah Samangani tweeted that the Taliban government on April 21 instructed the Communications and Information Technology Ministry to restrict access to the

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Posted in Afghan Children, Science and Technology, Society, Taliban | Tags: Gaming in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule, Social Media |
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The Taliban Want You to Keep Your Phone On

24th August, 2021 · admin

NYT: For months, on social media, the Taliban have sought to project an image of strength and moderation, an aura of inevitability within Afghanistan and an air of legitimacy to the outside world. Through text messages and encrypted apps, they have targeted government soldiers directly, depicting them as mercenaries and urging them to surrender or

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Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Science and Technology, Taliban | Tags: Social Media |
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#BeLikeQodos: Afghanistan Flips #BeLikeBill Meme on Its Head

1st February, 2016 · admin

NBC News:  A Facebook page modeled on the wildly popular #BeLikeBill meme targeting social media misconduct and encouraging good behavior is going viral in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Media, Society | Tags: Social Media |

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