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See AllRestrictions have been placed on content on some social media platforms in Afghanistan, Taliban government sources told BBC Afghan.Filters have been applied to restrict certain types of content on sites including Facebook, Instagram and X, the sources at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said.It is not clear exactly what sort of posts are subject to filtering. Some social media users in Kabul told the BBC that videos on their Facebook accounts are no…
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