Facebook has closed a hotline set up on WhatsApp by the Taliban to respond to possible complaints from Afghans, according to a Financial Times article published on Tuesday.
“We are forced to comply with US sanctions laws.
This includes banning accounts that pose as official Taliban accounts, ”a WhatsApp spokesperson confirmed.
"We request more information from the relevant US authorities given the development of the situation in Afghanistan," added the courier, refusing to give more details.
The Taliban, who seized power in Kabul on Sunday, announced last week that they had set up a special number for the population to contact them.
The decisions of major platforms in terms of moderation of content posted by the Taliban will be closely followed, while the Islamist group announced on Tuesday that it would form a government.
"The Taliban are considered a terrorist organization by US law and we have banned them from all our services according to our regulations on dangerous organizations," a spokesperson for the social networks giant recalled Tuesday morning.
The platform said it has a team of dedicated experts, who speak the country's languages, to help them identify possible issues.
Taliban spokesperson on Twitter
"Regardless of who holds power, we will take appropriate action against accounts and content that violate our rules," insisted the spokesperson.
Twitter and YouTube have similar regulations, although Twitter does not a priori ban the Taliban, except in cases of content violating its rules on violence or manipulation of content.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that the Taliban had "entered the city of Kabul for security."
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Thousands of Afghans fled towns captured by the Taliban in the north of the country last week and took refuge in the capital. Some tell of atrocious scenes, bodies abandoned in the streets, girls kidnapped to marry them, young men recruited by force. But the Taliban have denied these accusations. At their first press conference, they assured that the war was over in Afghanistan and that all their opponents would be forgiven.