Twitter wins big name backer against Threads - but it's the Taliban
The Taliban has long had a presence on Twitter, even before Elon Musk bought the company last October. The group is banned from rival platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and the popular new Threads.
A leader of the hardline Islamist group, which seized power in Afghanistan in summer 2021, said Elon Musk's platform was a tolerant place that allowed freedom of speech to thrive.
Anas Haqqani offered his endorsement in a tweet on Monday, as it emerged that Meta's new Twitter-like platform had amassed more than 100 million users in less than a week.
"Other platforms cannot replace it," he said of Twitter, citing its commitment to "freedom of speech" and its "public nature and credibility".
"Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta," he added.
Mainstream media seem to be uneasy about levels of censorship which are more relaxed than their own. They cater for quite narrow comfort zones and don't seem at all keen on the possibility that Twitter could hoover up a wider and more diverse social media market. Ironic that.
2 comments:
The Taliban banned from Facebook and Threads? I would have thought that a Liberal Democrat like Nick Clegg would have seen the value of free speech.
Sam - Clegg is mentioned 22 times in the Missouri v. Biden ruling. His role looks like a pretty undignified one - placate the White House.
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