"Other platforms cannot replace it," said a senior member of the Taliban in a tweet, explaining that Meta is "intolerant."

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.

  • iamthatis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    404·
    1 year ago

    Prolly the best endorsement for Threads over Twitter. Dang never thought I’d be rooting for Mark

    • foleac@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      33·
      1 year ago

      I am rooting for neither. This is not a lesser of two evils situation. Lemmy, Mastodon, and others do exist.

      • iamthatis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Oh same. But for users. I know brands won’t come to Lemmy or Mastodon just yet and I’d rather get my sports news from Threads than Twitter.

        Plus… Seeing Musk seethe is always so relaxing and fun