Taliban's plans to curtail access to Facebook in Afghanistan alarm critics

FILE - The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone, on Oct. 14, 2022. On April 8, 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists urged the Taliban not to move ahead with its plan to restrict access to Facebook in Afghanistan.

Media freedom advocates are expressing alarm over the Taliban's proposal to restrict or completely ban access to Facebook in Afghanistan and have urged the fundamentalist rulers to reconsider the move.