The Afghanistan Provisional Government led by the Taliban has blocked more than 23 million websites to display what he considered immoral content during the year since the Taliban took power in the country, Najibullah Haqqani, Minister of Communication in the Taliban government, said on Thursday.
Speaking at the same conference, Deputy Minister of Communication in Provisional Government, Ahmad Masoud Latif Rai, also criticized Facebook for his reluctance to work with Taliban authority about content moderation.
After the collapse of the government supported by the US and the withdrawal of US troops from the country, the Afghan government was temporarily led by the Taliban in power on August 15 last year.
The takeover of the Taliban triggered an economic crisis and lack of food that had pushed the country to the verge of humanitarian crisis. Thousands of Afghans have fled from the country with fear of the Taliban, violating human rights, and the seizure of women and daughters from their freedom.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August last year, he returned the rights of Afghanistan media outlets and their functions.
According to Unama, there were significant changes in the state media landscape, including the closure of more than half the free media, the prohibition of several channels and websites and increased work restrictions, violence, and threats to journalists.
Previously in May, when reporting a female demonstration, journalist Roman Karimi and the driver were detained and tortured by the Taliban.
More than 45 percent of journalists have stopped since the Taliban took over power. Limitation that continues to increase against the media in Afghanistan has also attracted widespread criticism with the United Nations (UN) and the Committee to protect journalists (CPJ) who condemned the arrest, demanding terror clothing that stopped harassing local journalists and withstand freedom of speech through the continued detention and threat.
The Taliban has promised women’s rights, media freedom, and amnesty for government officials at the group’s first press conference after the takeover in August. However, activists, former government employees, and journalists, are continuing to face retaliation.