Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, August 18th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today, a look at how all the various platforms are dealing with the Taliban being a modern social media enterprise.

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What's-app has shut down the so-called Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting as Facebook is also blocking other quote

official Taliban channels end quote from the Financial Times. The

complaints number was supposed to act as an emergency hotline for civilians

to report violence saluting or other problems. The Taliban advertised the

helpline on Sunday when it captured the city and has used similar WhatsApp hotlines in the

past for example when it took over the city of Kunduz in 2016.

After taking Kabul, the Taliban pledge to create a stable government and not to harm the quote life, property, and honor. on official Taliban channels adding that it was actively scanning group names,

descriptions, and profile pictures on the messaging app to try to prevent the Taliban

from using it. The social media company added that its team of native Dari and

Pashto speakers was quote

helping to identify and alert us to emerging issues on the platform end quote.

Indeed, this is all evolving into a larger question for social media platforms quoting from

the verge to give us a rundown of the larger state of play for the major

platforms here quote a particular question raised by the Washington Post is whether the group will be allowed to The While the Taliban has seized effective control over the government granting access to official accounts

could be seen as legitimizing their control over the country.

Despite a number of official bans, Taliban forces appeared to have embraced tech platforms when reclaiming territory.

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