{"id":1808994,"date":"2023-01-18T06:19:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T11:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808994"},"modified":"2023-01-18T06:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T11:22:32","slug":"taliban-to-buy-blue-check-verification-for-their-twitter-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-to-buy-blue-check-verification-for-their-twitter-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban to Buy Blue Check Verification for Their Twitter Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-to-buy-blue-check-verification-for-their-twitter-accounts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bda618d0-7878-4656-b36e-0c1c6c9a5194-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>You might be worried that Twitter was getting more bizarre since Elon Musk became the CEO. This week&#8217;s strangeness doesn&#8217;t stop. There has been quite a debate taking place over Musk\u2019s decision to revamp the \u201cverification\u201d You can sell checkmarks in a variety of colors to anyone who asks and pays a monthly fee. Many have taken advantage of the offer and gained some amplification for their tweets as well as other user options not offered to the public. So perhaps we shouldn\u2019t have been all that surprised to learn that high-ranking officials from the Taliban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64294613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have gotten in on the action<\/a>Although it is not, it sounds at first glance very alarming. (BBC)<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Taliban have started using Twitter\u2019s paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts.<\/p>\n<p><span>Previously, the blue tick indicated \u201cactive, notable, and authentic accounts of public interest\u201d Twitter verified it and it was not possible to buy it. <\/span><span>However, users can now purchase them through the new Twitter Blue Service. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The checkmarks are being used by at least two Taliban officials as well as four of their most prominent supporters in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the terrorist officials who now has a blue check is Hedayatullah Hedayat, the head of the Taliban\u2019s department for \u201caccess to information.\u201d He is on Twitter with over 180,000 followers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hedayatullah111\/status\/1615299123585974272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweets regularly<\/a>. But I don\u2019t see a checkmark of any color by his name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ps\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062f \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a \u0627\u0645\u0627\u0631\u062a \u062f \u062a\u06d0\u0631 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u06cc\u0648\u0647_\u06a9\u0627\u0644<\/a> \u067e\u0647 \u062c\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u06d0 \u067e\u0647 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%90%DB%8C%D9%88?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u062f\u0631\u06d0\u06cc\u0648<\/a> \u0645\u0647\u0645\u0648 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u0648 \u06a9\u06d0 \u0644\u0647 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u0628\u0647\u0631\u0646\u06cc\u0648_\u06a9\u0645\u067e\u0646\u06cc\u0648<\/a> \u0633\u0631\u0647 \u062f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AB%D9%88%D9%86%DB%90_%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u067e\u0627\u0646\u06ab\u0648\u0646\u06d0_\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631\u062f\u0627\u062f\u0648\u0646\u0647<\/a> \u0644\u0627\u0633\u0644\u06cc\u06a9 \u0627\u0648 \u0639\u0645\u0644\u064a \u0686\u0627\u0631\u06d0 \u06cc\u06d0 \u067e\u06cc\u0644 \u06a9\u0693\u06d0 \u062f\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JvUImjPcAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/JvUImjPcAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0647\u062f\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 (\u0647\u062f\u0627\u06cc\u062a) (@Hedayatullah111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hedayatullah111\/status\/1615299123585974272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Rough translation from Twitter: \u201cThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has started signing and implementing important areas during the past.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>It took a while to find Hedayatullah Hedayat\u2019s account. This name seems to be as popular in Afghanistan as John Smith, but he is actually on the platform. I checked out a few others on the list and they also appear to be active. So, what can we learn from this?<\/p>\n<p>One of the complaints that we heard about Twitter pre-Musk was that Donald Trump, a world leader and a dictator, had been banned. Yet, many other, far worse figures from autocratic, tyrannical governments continued tweeting as they pleased. It was a fair question to ask, but it\u2019s often been reasonably argued that high-ranking public and political figures have voices that need to be heard in public debates, no matter how admirable or noxious you may find them personally.<\/p>\n<p>Any regular readers already know that I\u2019m not here supporting the Taliban. They are murderous terrorists who are destroying the people and the fabric of the country they overran after America\u2019s disastrous withdrawal. Hedayatullah Hedayat in Afghanistan is a government official and his office focuses on information accessibility. If we\u2019re going to shut down his account, what\u2019s to stop us from once again shuttering the platforms of Donald Trump or even Joe Biden?<\/p>\n<p>These people should have checkmarks beside their names. That\u2019s another debate entirely and I won\u2019t go through it again today. Yes, if we could still live in an era where a checkmark indicated that your identity was verified and that you were of some public interest at minimum, then yes. Hedayatullah Hedayat might be eligible. And under Musk\u2019s new rules, anyone with eight or twelve dollars per month to spare can have a checkmark, provided they don\u2019t peddle kiddy porn or break the other rules. This account should be treated similarly, I think.<\/p>\n<p>As I said at the top, it\u2019s a strange situation to be sure, and the optics are terrible, at least from a western perspective. But it\u2019s the \u201cdigital town square of the world,\u201d We are reminded of this often. Everyone with a soapbox may not be a good person. They still have the opportunity to speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might be worried that Twitter was getting more bizarre since Elon Musk became the CEO. This week&#8217;s strangeness doesn&#8217;t stop. There has been quite a debate taking place over Musk\u2019s decision to revamp the \u201cverification\u201d You can sell checkmarks in a variety of colors to anyone who asks and pays a monthly fee. 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