Facebook ‘proactively’ removing Taliban content, executive says


Facebook is any banning any content promoting or representing the Taliban and even "proactively” removing content from its platforms. —REUTERS

A Facebook Inc. executive said the company is "proactively” removing content from its platforms that promotes the Taliban as the group seizes power in Afghanistan.

The Taliban is on the company’s list of dangerous organisations and therefore any content promoting or representing the group is banned, Adam Mosseri, head of Facebook’s photo-sharing app Instagram, said Monday during a Bloomberg Television interview.

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