Facebook has removed the accounts of at least two state-owned media outlets in Afghanistan, the company confirmed. The Taliban have made liberal use of Facebook and Twitter since seizing power in August last year, and have a firm grip on state-owned media in the country -- including radio and TV stations, and newspapers. While Facebook parent Meta did not list the banned media outlets, state broadcaster National Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) and the government-owned Bakhtar news agency both said that they had been blocked. The Facebook pages of privately owned media houses seemed unaffected. On Thursday, the hashtag "#BanTaliban" was trending on Twitter, with thousands of users calling for Taliban accounts on that platform to be blocked.

Source: Daily Nation July 21, 2022 19:31 UTC