FB bans content supporting Taliban

Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to a media report.

The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the insurgent group. Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organisation under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organisation policies, a spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, the Taliban have agreed to allow safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a US-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser said on Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies, and others has yet to be worked out with the country’s new rulers.

Jake Sullivan acknowledged reports that some civilians were encountering resistance like being turned away or pushed back or even beaten” as they tried to reach the Kabul international airport. But he said “very large numbers” were reaching the airport and the problem of the others was being taken up with the Taliban, whose stunningly swift takeover of the country on Sunday plunged the US evacuation effort into chaos, confusion, and violence.

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