Lawmakers, Twitter Locked In Dispute Over Taliban Tweets -- L.A. TimesMembers of Congress want Twitter to stop hosting pro-Taliban tweets that bash U.S. troops, but the company is resisting.
Reporting from Washington — Some members of Congress are urging the popular website Twitter to stop hosting pro-Taliban tweets that celebrate attacks against American and allied forces in Afghanistan.
Twitter executives have told lawmakers that the micro-posts do not violate the website's terms of service because the Taliban is not listed by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization. That designation would make it illegal to provide "material support or resources" to the militant group.
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My Comment: Twitter may have the law on their side when they claim that since the Taliban have not been classified as a terrorist organization by the State Department .... they can then tweet away. But .... when analyzing their tweets .... it is obvious that they do not have common sense on their side. Twitter should ban those who use Twitter to promote hate and murder .... and that is exactly what the Taliban are doing .... but I suspect that Twitter is not going to do anything about this.
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