Taliban Leader Embraces Elon Musk's Twitter, Rejects Threads

Anas Haqqani, a senior leader of the Taliban, endorsed Elon Musk's Twitter, praising its commitment to free speech and public nature while accusing Mark Zuckerberg's Meta of having an intolerant policy. Haqqani's endorsement comes amidst the social media battle between Musk and Zuckerberg. Critics have raised concerns about Musk's compliance with censorship requests, while Meta's launch of Threads poses a formidable threat to Twitter. Haqqani's controversial endorsement comes as he himself was released from prison as part of a prisoner swap with the Taliban, and his father founded the Haqqani Network, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization.