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Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads

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Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads - LemmyWorld

> 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.

Jul 10, 2023 at 8:07pmWeb
Show threadMeow.tar.gzJul 10, 2023
This is so sad that it’s fucking hilarious. Now we have social media competing for the fucking worst human beings on the planet to join their platform. It just goes to show how being an evil asshole is profitable. 😼
Show threadNOT_RICKJul 10, 2023
Pretty funny to see a member of the Taliban espouse freedom of speech. I really doubt that
Show threadagitatedpotatoJul 10, 2023
It’s just like Elons definition. To these people freedom of speech means freedom to say what they want and not be challenged by pesky things like facts.
Show threadNOT_RICKJul 10, 2023
Freedom from consequence for me but not for thee
Show threadMeow.tar.gzJul 10, 2023
Because facts disrupt their intended narrative. 🤡 🙄
Show threadViper_NZJul 10, 2023
Freedom of their speech
Show threadBoiglenoightJul 10, 2023
You forgot the quotation marks. It’s “Freedom of Speech.” ;)
Show threadLucidlethargyJul 11, 2023
It’s not THE freedom of speech, it’s Elon’s freedom of speech. As in, he’s free to choose what’s shared on the platform he forcibly acquired.
Show threadcultsuperstarJul 10, 2023
Freedom of speech for Muslim men and not women or infidels.
Show threadLexiconDexiconJul 10, 2023
I remember back around 2012-2013 ISIS using twitter to post gore videos and twitter was lazy asf about dealing with it
Show thread50gpJul 10, 2023
social media sites give 0 fucks about properly moderating anything but popular euro languages
Show threadJohnnyJul 10, 2023
At the time Facebook fueled a genocide in Myanmar they had practically no moderation for Burmese content, if I recall correctly.
Show threadkrischeJul 10, 2023
I always figured Twitter was working with the US government by keeping those accounts open, helping them track location and whatnot.
Show threadafraid_of_zombiesJul 11, 2023
Probably.
Show threadDecimitJul 10, 2023
Terrorists like Elon Musk. That seems like his plan.
Show threadMadgePicklesJul 10, 2023
😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀
Show threadxuxebikoJul 10, 2023
I bet facebook/ meta paid them to endorse the birdsite.
Show threadStarServalJul 10, 2023
I’m sure you’re probably joking, but in case you weren’t, that would set Meta up for some federal crime type of trouble.
Show threadPoggervaniaJul 10, 2023

Good thing businesses don’t regularly break laws and just pay a relatively small ~fine~ fee in order to continue doing business.

Snark aside, I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if Zuckerfuck could afford to either just pay the fines or bribe public officials to letting this happen.

Show threadxc2215xJul 10, 2023
This is not a good look. The Taliban supporting something is never good.
Show threadyanyuanJul 10, 2023
What? No! That’s fine. Here, have a delicious and refreshing can of Wolf Cola!
Show threadGentlemanLoserJul 10, 2023
Official soft drink of Boca Raton!
Show threadvladJul 10, 2023
Wolf Cola everyone. The right cola. For closure.
Show threadSatyrSackJul 10, 2023
I didn’t see an ounce of puss!
Show threadDaughterOfMarsJul 10, 2023
This is what I come to the comments for
Show threadNevermindNoMindJul 10, 2023
Twitter, the only social network endorsed by the Taliban and caturd! What’s not to love?
Show threadG_Wash1776Jul 10, 2023
The Taliban were one of the first groups to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Show threadMxM111Jul 10, 2023
Well, it depends on what do you wish for Twitter.
Show threadAFK BRB ChocolateJul 10, 2023
A handful of years ago, US Republicans were losing their shit over Muslims and the Taliban, basically saying they were the biggest threat. I’m honestly waiting for them to realize that their views are almost completely aligned with the Taliban’s. Both against abortion and LGBTQ rights, both want religion in schools and to get rid of the separation of church and state, etc. It doesn’t at all surprise me that Republicans and the Taliban have the same preferred social media.
Show threadCyanFenJul 10, 2023
Just like how people you can’t stand the most just subconsciously remind you of yourself, republicans can’t stand the taliban because it’s like looking in a mirror for them.
Show threadafraid_of_zombiesJul 11, 2023
People who fully agree can still hate each other. Maybe even more likely too since they occupy the same social niche.
Show threadFinalBoy1975Jul 12, 2023
Yes, the whole quandary of how you can’t fix stupid.
Show threadFinalBoy1975Jul 12, 2023
It makes no sense but it makes sense to the general public. When it ceases to make sense to the general public, it will be seen as you and I see it. I’m not holding my breath until the general public figures this out. You really can’t fix dumb and uneducated. It’s what politicians count on. Your dumb and uneducated vote manipulated by key terms thrown out there and reproduced in whatever media you like and is willing to send to you.
Show threadR0cket_M00seJul 18, 2023

That’s because they’re both authoritarians.

It’s the same reason Tankies hate Nazi’s when they’re both essentially the same thing in practice despite their economic outlooks being opposite. Authoritarianism is authoritarianism, everything else is just a different flavor.

Christian authoritarians think they’re good and muslim’s sharia law bad, but in reality they’re just two religions trying to force their shit on everyone else. They physically cannot see that it’s the same because to them it’s “morally correct” and therefore not authoritarianism.

Show threaddamnYouSunJul 10, 2023
I’m surprised the Taliban want to be associated with something so toxic.
Show threadSilverstringsJul 11, 2023
Funnily enough they also endorsed Trump before the 2020 election.
Show threadKokeshJul 11, 2023
They support only the best.
Show threadR0cket_M00seJul 18, 2023

It’s the Taliban, the appropriate action is to ignore everything they say because they’re religious extremists who commit violent actions against random citizens of their own and other nations.

I they said Twitter was bad and endorsed Threads would you still give a shit? lol

Show threadKill_joyJul 10, 2023

Okay but, like, here's the ultimate test of best friendship, Anas:

Coke or Pepsi?

Show threadHankJul 10, 2023
This is like the always sunny episode where Boko Haram endorses Wolf Cola.
Show threadZimaJul 10, 2023
I'm not their fan but I hope facebook can leverage this on their marketing.
Show threadGreenPlasticSushiGrassJul 10, 2023
"The Taliban prefers Twitter over Threads. So I've got that going for me, which is nice." - Elon Musk, probably.
Show threadCalOtsuJul 10, 2023
So the alt-right and nazis flock to threads and the taliban endorse twitter. It just seems like losers all around.
Show threaddiffusiveJul 10, 2023
From “free speech absolutist” to “free speech extremist” 😃
Show threadShotgun_AliceJul 10, 2023
I’m not sure this is the kind of endorsement I would want.
Show threadrobocallJul 10, 2023
I’m confident that the Taliban would never endorse me and I like it that way.
Show threadAnUnusualRelicJul 10, 2023
“Twitter, if it’s good enough for the Taliban, it’s good enough for you.”
Show threadRageAgainstTheSurgeJul 10, 2023
“I can’t believe Meta would do this to us! Is it wrong for us to be a patriarchial homophobic anti-Christian, anti-Jewish group online without having someone tell us we can’t be our true authentic selves? How dare Mark Zuckerberg do this to us! At least Elon will let us be who we are. Now if you excuse me, I have to to let the leopards at the Kabul Zoo eat my face.” --Taliban Senior Leader
Show threadconst_voidJul 10, 2023
No idea why people are still buying Teslas when the Taliban are literally a fan of the CEO.
Show threadNeatoJul 10, 2023

Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification check marks after Musk started selling them in January.

Isn't it illegal to take money from terrorist organizations?

Show threaddemvoterJul 10, 2023
Good question
Show threadTrebachJul 11, 2023
I think they have to be on a sanctions list for it to be illegal. The Taliban is almost certainly on it though.
Show threadJacktheladJul 10, 2023
Great news. I was waiting to hear what they thought about it…
Show threadZeth0sJul 10, 2023
Pure comedy. Twitter vs threads has been extremely entertaining
Show threadyouthinkyouknowmeJul 10, 2023

“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.”

I… am out of words…

Show threadcydJul 10, 2023
Have the Taliban considered self hosting a Mastodon instance?
Show threadsomeguy3Jul 10, 2023
Free speech Elon does…
Show threadMxM111Jul 10, 2023
Same as Taliban.
Show threadRageAgainstTheSurgeJul 10, 2023
Anyone remember the movie Middle Men (2009), a film based on Christopher Mallick’s experience running an internet billing company that managed payments for paid porn sites? The film bombed at the box office, but there was one scene of interest which, in relevance to Haqqani’s complaining is a good reminder as to why his complains about Meta are a moot point considering what happens to terrorists who use the internet. (Might be a little NSFW)
Middle Men Terrorist Scene

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Show threadAnonymousLlamaJul 10, 2023
What a glowing review!