(Christian Headlines)
Critics say Twitter has a “troubling double standard” for banning former President Donald Trump but allegedly allowing the Taliban to operate its accounts.
Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado sent a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey criticizing Twitter for not enforcing its fact-checking efforts on the Taliban accounts or even banning them because they are “violent organizations,” The Christan Post reports.
“It is clear that the Taliban is a violent organization,” wrote the congressman, noting that he “did not find a single fact check on any of their tweets, nor any warnings for false or misleading content.”
“It is impossible to see how the accounts of [Taliban members] Zabihullah Mujahid and Yousef Ahmadi do not violate your policies.”
Lamborn said he worried that Twitter has a political bias “in its algorithms.”
A Twitter spokesperson told Newsweek his week that the company “continues to proactively enforce our rules and review content that may violate Twitter rules, specifically policies against glorification of violence, platform manipulation and spam.”
The official said that Twitter will hold the Taliban accounts to its content standards.
In comparison, Facebook does not allow content that promotes the Taliban.
“The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under U.S. law, and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organization policies,” a Facebook spokesperson told CNBC on Tuesday.
In January, former President Donald Trump was banned from Twitter after hundreds of pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Some pointed to Tr
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