a few prime Taliban officers and 4 supporters of the present regime in Afghanistan had managed to get their accounts verified and eligible for a blue tick subscription Image Courtesy AFP

Kabul: After stories emerged that the Taliban has began shopping for blue ticks on Twitter, the social media platform has now determined to revoke the paid-for verification function allotted to members of the present Afghanistan administration.

The buy of Twitter blue ticks by Taliban officers had sparked a significant controversy with a number of customers voicing their considerations on the micro-blogging social media platform. The row prompted Twitter to revoke the paid-for verification choice a number of hours later.

According to a BBC report, a few prime Taliban officers and 4 supporters of the present regime in Afghanistan had managed to get their accounts verified and eligible for a blue tick subscription.

These included Hedayatullah Hedayat, who heads the division for entry to info within the Afghan Taliban administration.

Another Taliban chief Abdul Haq Hammad, who oversees the media watchdog in Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture, had additionally managed to accumulate a Twitter blue tick.

Hedayatullah Hedayat has round 187,000 followers on Twitter, whereas Abdul Haq Hammad boasts of just about 170,000.

Apart from them, a number of different outstanding supporters of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have managed to bag verified accounts on Twitter.

Twitter had initially declared that blue tick accounts couldn’t be bought and will likely be allotted solely after verification. The social media large had additionally claimed {that a} Twitter blue tick was supposed to point “noble, active and authentic accounts of public interest.”

However, after his takeover, Elon Musk had put Twitter blue ticks on sale, charging $eight from android customers and $11 from these with Apple gadgets.

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