Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification check marks after Musk started selling them in January
Of course they did
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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The way Rolling Stone put it, Twitter welcomed the Taliban with open arms as if to say, "Please come in. The water's warm so you might as well swim." Elon Musk is facist and a support of fellow fashies.
i like the pun, good job.
far right group advocates for website that caters to far right groups
not even remotely a surprise to me, beyond I guess the fact that the taliban would have said anything at all about it
NotTheOnion. Lol
Took me longer than it should have to realise this wasn't a shit-post.
One of the best advertisements for threads Lmao
Well there's a headline I never thought I'd see. It's official y'all. This is the worst timeline.
I thought this was a meme with the title and the thumbnail till I saw it was from vice.
Very surprised Twitter didn't ban them. At least they have one public outlet to communicate with the rest of the world. They are a sovereign nation after all, like it or not.
They are a sovereign nation after all, like it or not.
Australian government:
Australia's longstanding policy is to recognise States, not governments. The Australian Government does not extend or withhold formal recognition to new regimes. Australia will continue to judge the Taliban regime by its actions.
Well, it's all going well for Twitter then...