The micro-blogging site Twitter ha▨s received support and accolades from an unexpected quarter, 🎐Taliban, which has lauded billionaire Elon Musk owned platform for its free speech.
Tali♐ban lea🌼der Anas Haqqani has said he prefers Twitter due to its commitment to freedom of speech.
Haqqani 🏅waded✱ into the social media war between Twitter and Threads.
Haqqani expressed support for Musk and commended Twitt⭕er for its free speech policies and the public nature and credibility it offers.
He also compared the policies of both platforms and said that while Meta restricts people from freely sharing their views, Twitter ♎allows everyone to communicate their message more openly and also has a wider audience.
"Twitter has two important advantages over othe✅r social media platforms. The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it," Haqqani tweeted.
Pertinently, t🎃he Taliban maintains an aཧctive Twitter account with thousands of followers.
Taliban fღrequently update their 'Islamic Emirates Afgꦐ' account with posts in the Urdu language.
The micro-blogging website enables the group to express themselves despite their many controversial and internationally cond𝔉emned policies.
In contrast, Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, has designated theও Taliban as a "Tier 1 designated terrorist organisation".
A Meta spokesperson has reportedly stated that the company doeꦡs not all🔯ow terrorist individuals, organisations or networks on its platform.
"We as💙sess these entities based on their behavior both online and ﷽offline, most significantly, their ties to violence," the company says in a policy statement.
However, even as the Taliban leader endorses Twit🦹ter over Threads, Meta's new social media app has seen significant success since its launch.
Threads surpassedᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ 100 million signups in just five days and also dethroned ChatGPT as the fastest online platform to hit the milestone.
Twitter, on the other hand, has seen its traffic dip by some 11% compared to the same period last year, the New York Post reported.
