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Facebook told us that for years, the Taliban has been banned from its platform because it's "sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law." You might think this refers to the State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations, but it does not. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 17, 2021

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As the Taliban regain control of Afghanistan, social media platforms are having to grapple anew with the organization's online presence — and their handling of it is basically all over the place. Our story, plus a bit of story about the story below. https://t.co/PIN9ZcNskI — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 17, 2021

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State's FTO list does not include the Afghan Taliban, though it does name the Pakistani Taliban. Instead, Facebook is relying on a Treasury Department sanctions list that identifies the Afghan Taliban as a specially designated global terrorist entity. https://t.co/C61V2k4cLU — PolitiTweet.org

@markscott82 @wexler I spent a while fact-checking all this last night. The Afghan Taliban is not on State's FTO li… https://t.co/1I7UXM7oPz

Posted Aug. 17, 2021