Facebook no, Twitter yes: which tech firms let the Taliban post?
Analysis: Twitter has faced criticism for allowing members to post, while Facebook has taken harder line
As Kabul fell to Taliban forces over the weekend, social networks struggled to cope with the renewed attention brought to the organisation - and its presence on their platforms.
In the US, Republicans expressed outrage that Twitter, which had permanently banned Donald Trump from its platform in January, seemed content to allow named Taliban members access to the social network to promote their narrative. WhatsApp faced criticism for its role in enabling the Taliban to threaten, cajole and bribe local leaders into laying down their arms as they marched across the country. At Google, YouTube's seeming lack of any substantial policy allowed it to avoid much of the attention, until it became the last network not to have rebuked the organisation.
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