The Taliban government will restrict the use of Facebook in Afghanistan

The taliban is working to restrict the use of Facebook in Afghanistan considering that the social network prohibits freedom of expression to the fundamentalist Government and instills “unethical” issues among Afghan society, a government official confirmed to EFE this Sunday.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Telecommunications and Technology, Enayatullah Alokozai, told EFE that “work has been done on the methodology” to restrict its use, although he clarified that access will not be completely blocked.

”Facebook’s policy goes against the policy of the Islamic Emirates (as the Taliban call themselves), and imposed a ban on expression on the government,” he said.

In this sense, “when a country’s government cannot take advantage of the benefits of a platform, the platform may not be efficient,” added the spokesperson.

These restrictions, he specified, will include “the filtering of content that goes against our culture and religious beliefs.”

The Taliban government is also concerned about the time that young people spend on Facebook, which “creates a barrier to their education and, on the other hand, they face content that goes against the beliefs and cultures of society,” said Alokozai. .

The Taliban’s Minister of Telecommunications and Technology, Najibullah Haqqani, announced yesterday in an interview with the TOLO news channel that Facebook filtering responds to “unethical” issues that have been permeating Afghan society.

The return to power of the Taliban in August 2021 vilified human rights, especially among women, and freedom of expression in Afghanistan, a country that was previously considered one of the most dangerous in the world for information professionals. , as claimed by several local and international organizations

Today, Facebook “is the only channel in which we can raise our voices for our rights. The Taliban want to hide their oppression, corruption and injustice, first they restricted the media and now they want to restrict nearby social networks,” Afghan activist Nahid Noori defended to EFE.