Trump attacks Twitter for banning him, but not the Taliban

Former US President Donald Trump has attacked Twitter for allowing the Taliban to freely tweet whilst, at the same time, banning him from doing the same. 

Trump said that Twitter allowed Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, to post tweets detailing the movement's progress in Afghanistan and the capture of the capital, Kabul.

Facebook's approach was somewhat different from Twitter's approach to the Taliban, in that it banned all of the movement's postings as a terrorist organization.

On Twitter, Zabihullah Mujahid's account remained active, with more than 322,000 followers.

Commenting on this, a Twitter spokesperson said: "The situation in Afghanistan is evolving rapidly, and we have noticed people there using Twitter to seek help."

"Twitter's top priority is keeping people safe," he added.

"We will continue to proactively enforce our rules, including reviewing content that may violate the Twitter Rules, and specifically the policies to refuse to glorify violence."

On Jan. 8, Twitter announced the suspension of Trump's account against the background of the events that took place in the US Congress.

Twitter had justified the deletion of Trump's account in a statement by saying, "After careful review of the recent tweets of Donald Trump's account and the circumstances surrounding them, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence."