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Trump Still Suspended On Twitter While Taliban ‘Spokesman’ Posting Updates On The Platform

By • August 16, 2021 7:19 pm

We now live in a world where a Taliban spokesman can provide operational updates in Afghanistan through a Twitter account that is reported by major news sources all over the globe, but Donald Trump’s account is still banned.

“Kabul is under the control of the city, special Islamic Emirate security units have been deployed in different parts of the city. The general public is happy with the arrival of the Mujahideen and the security,” Zabihullah Mujahid said in a translated tweet on Monday as citizens held from the sides of US C-17 transport planes departing Kabul.

Zabihullah Mujahid stated in a tweet on Sunday that Taliban fighters had taken control of Parun, the capital of the Nuristan province, and had acquired their hands on a “large number of weapons, tools, and equipment fell into the hands of the Mojahedin.”

Meanwhile, Twitter said on January 8 that it had “permanently suspended” Trump’s account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” Trump’s account was suspended as a result of two postings, according to the site. Two posts below:

  1. “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”
  2. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

In a Jan. 8 statement, Twitter said it had evaluated those two tweets under its “Glorification of Violence policy,” which aims to prevent “the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts,” and concluded that Trump’s tweets were “highly likely” to inspire people to “replicate” what happened on Jan. 6 at the US Capitol.

On August 16, a Taliban spokesman posts on twitter freely, despite the fact that a section of Twitter’s “Glorification of Violence policy” states that violations include “glorifying, praising, condoning, or celebrating…attacks carried out by terrorist organizations or violent extremist groups (as defined by our terrorism and violent extremism policy).”

Terrorists “engaging in or promoting acts on behalf of a violent organization” are a breach of Twitter’s terrorism and violent extremism policy, according to the company.

On July 14, CNN reported that 22 Afghan commandos were killed while attempting to surrender to the Taliban. Zabihullah Mujahid is acting as a spokesman for the Taliban, and Twitter is accepting it.

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