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The last time the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, the world of technology looked pretty different.

The internet was still in its relative infancy.

The hottest tech products were things like MySpace and AOL Instant Messenger, and companies

like Facebook and Twitter didn't even exist.

Not alone were their presidents and prime ministers using social media to govern entire

countries.

But today, it's really common for all kinds of world leaders to be on those platforms.

And now that the Taliban is back in power, social media companies have a decision to make.

Do Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube ban the Taliban because of its controversial past?

Or do they let them run their self-proclaimed, more peaceful, new government at the risk

of legitimizing a historically oppressive group?

Joining us today to help explain is Vox, foreign and national security reporter Jen Kirby.

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