Facebook, Twitter Face High-Stakes Choice on a Voice for Taliban
- Internet giants mull how to handle posts from militant group
- Platforms criticized for giving voice to repressive regimes
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Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Google, already under fire for wielding outsized influence on political discourse around the world, are on the brink of another high-stakes decision -- whether to give the Taliban a social-media megaphone.
Their actions will have lasting impacts on the diplomatic stage and on the lives of everyday people in Afghanistan.