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“#Taliban members are reportedly running Clubhouse chatrooms<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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As the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, some members of the Islamist terrorist group are app<\/a>arently making time to log on to Clubhouse, a trendy audio-based social media<\/a> app.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taliban spokespeople are running chatrooms within the app where they discuss religion and their plans for the future of Afghanistan, which is rapidly falling into the extremist group\u2019s control amid the withdrawal of American troops, Agence France-Presse reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Taliban called me rude and cut my mic after I spoke the truth about them,\u201d Haanya Saheba Malik, an Afghan Clubhouse user who joined a Taliban room, told AFP. \u201cThey openly declared those of us calling for human rights infidels and deserving of death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clubhouse\u2019s terms of service<\/a> forbid \u201cimmoral, racist, or discriminatory\u201d behavior based on \u201crace, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or serious disease.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the app \u2014 which is backed by A-list investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global Management, as well as celebrity entrepreneur Audrey Gelman \u2014 appears to have allowed the group to operate on the platform for at least two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Clubhouse\u2019s terms of service forbid \u201cimmoral, racist, or discriminatory\u201d behavior based on \u201crace, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or serious disease.\u201d\u00a0<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The AFP first covered the Taliban\u2019s use of Clubhouse on July 16. This Saturday, a Taliban spokesperson was once again live on the app, calling for better relations between Afghanistan and Iran while praising the country\u2019s theocratic system of government, according<\/a> to nonprofit South Asia Media Research Institute, which monitors Taliban communications.<\/p>\n

A Clubhouse spokesperson denied that the group tolerates terror groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cClubhouse prohibits terror groups and their members,\u201d the spokesperson told The Post. \u201cWe work with Tech Against Terrorism as well as other subject matter experts and industry leaders to ensure that users of this nature are permanently removed from the platform.\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Content on Clubhouse \u2014 which gained notoriety earlier this year for hosting exclusive sessions with tech icons like Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk and Robinhood\u2019s Vlad Tenev \u2014 is more difficult to track than many other social media platforms because its chats are audio-only, and the app does not allow users to rewind or listen to previous sessions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey openly declared those of us calling for human rights infidels and deserving of death,\u201d one Clubhouse users who joined a Taliban room told AFP. <\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clubhouse policies also explicitly forbid users from recording or quoting statements made through the app.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But some Afghan Clubhouse users told AFP that the Taliban is recording Clubhouse sessions in order to mark critics for future retribution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson who also operates a Twitter account<\/a> with 232,000 followers, denied threatening opponents on Clubhouse in a statement to AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Social media is becoming increasingly important for the Taliban as the group looks to usurp Afghanistan\u2019s US-backed government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Almost half of the country\u2019s 37 million residents have internet access and 13 million use social media, AFP reported, making apps like Clubhouse an important way to reach Afghans. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n