Taliban’s Afghanistan takeover presents fresh challenge for social media companies

A Facebook Inc spokesperson said the company was closely monitoring the situation in the country and that WhatsApp would take action on any accounts found to be linked with sanctioned organisations in Afghanistan, which could include account removal. — AFP

The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big US tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments.

Social media giant Facebook confirmed on Aug 16 that it designates the Taliban a terrorist group and bans it and content supporting it from its platforms.