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A spokesperson for the Taliban echoed talking points used by Republican politicians to answer a question about freedom of speech in Afghanistan.
The question came during a press conference in Kabul that was broadcast and translated by Al Jazeera.
"This question should be asked to those people who are claiming to be promoters of freedom of speech who do not allow publication of information," the spokesperson said. "I can ask [the] Facebook company."
In recent months, conservatives in the United States have accused "big tech" companies like Facebook and Twitter of censoring free speech after a number of people were banned from social media platforms for inciting violence and promoting medical misinformation.
"LOL… Also not wrong," Donald Trump Jr. wrote in response to the Taliban leader.
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The Taliban spokesman got a question about freedom of speech and he said the question should be asked to US companies like Facebook who claim to promote it while still censoring pic.twitter.com/woXd5RRCWK
— Liam McCollum (@MLiamMcCollum) August 17, 2021
LOL… Also not wrong. https://t.co/nMDM9k8fwL
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 17, 2021
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