The comments came days after Meta launched a rival platform, Threads.
Twitter boss Elon Musk’s approach of rejecting censorship and defending freedom of expression on the social network has received some unexpected support from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban.
Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban official with no government portfolio, said that Twitter had “two major advantages” over other platforms.
The comments came a few days after Meta launched its new social network, Threads, which is designed to rival Twitter.
“The first advantage is freedom of expression. The second is the public nature and credibility of Twitter”, he tweeted.
“Twitter doesn’t have the intolerant politics of Meta. Other platforms can’t replace it”, he added.
This message earned him strong criticism, with some people observing that the Taliban government does not allow its citizens the same rights in terms of…
