YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban
FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
August 17, 2021
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts that are believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to clarify their rules on the group that is in control of Afghanistan.
Separately, the Financial Times reported that Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging service has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban after it took control of the Afghan capital Kabul.(https://on.ft.com/3yXNI0e)
Facebook did not immediately respond to Reuters request for a comment.
(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru and Elizabeth Culliford; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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