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Taliban leader endorses Elon Musk's Twitter
Taliban leader endorses Elon Musk's Twitter, accuses Mark Zuckerberg's Threads of having an 'intolerant' policy on free speechA senior leader of the Taliban on Monday weighed in on the social media battle between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, arguing that when it comes to social media, Twitter has some "important advantages" over the competition.
The first advantage that Twitter has "is the freedom of speech," Anas Haqqani, who helped lead Taliban negotiations with Afghanistan's former, elected government, wrote in a July 10 post. The second is its "public nature" and "credibility," he continued, adding that he's no fan of the company's chief competitor, which launched a rival application, Threads, just this month.
"Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta," Haqqani wrote. "Other platforms cannot replace it."
Musk, a self-described "free-speech absolutist," has sought to position Twitter under his ownership as welcoming of all speech, even if controversial, as long as it's lawful. But his follow-through on that promise has come under scrutiny, with Twitter's approval rate of censorship requests from governments like Turkey and India increasing since his takeover, El Pais previously reported.
The first advantage that Twitter has "is the freedom of speech," Anas Haqqani, who helped lead Taliban negotiations with Afghanistan's former, elected government, wrote in a July 10 post. The second is its "public nature" and "credibility," he continued, adding that he's no fan of the company's chief competitor, which launched a rival application, Threads, just this month.
"Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta," Haqqani wrote. "Other platforms cannot replace it."
Musk, a self-described "free-speech absolutist," has sought to position Twitter under his ownership as welcoming of all speech, even if controversial, as long as it's lawful. But his follow-through on that promise has come under scrutiny, with Twitter's approval rate of censorship requests from governments like Turkey and India increasing since his takeover, El Pais previously reported.
https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-haqqani-endorses-elon-musk-twitter-slams-mark-zuckerberg-threads-2023-7
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Now that’s what you want as a product endorsement! A terrorist!
Who writes this script, anyway?
Maybe Musk will tweet his approval of theirs.
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