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Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter

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Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter

Evarist Chahali
Jan 18
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Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter

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A Taliban fighter uses his phone at Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on August 30, 2022

The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts.

Previously, the blue tick indicated "active, notable, and authentic accounts of public interest" verified by Twitter, and could not be purchased.

But now, users can buy them through the new Twitter Blue service.

At least two Taliban o…

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