Facebook is blocking WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban, after the group started using the messaging platform for organising its members. — Reuters
Facebook said Tuesday it was blocking WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban after the radical Islamic group seized control of Afghanistan and sought to use the messaging service to help it govern.
"The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organisation under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organisation policies," a Facebook spokesperson told AFP.
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