Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices

submitted 1 month ago by

Veserr@sh.itjust.works

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/18/taliban-ban-smartphones-officials-shown-destroying-devices

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i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca

1 month ago

Don’t go back to pagers, guys!

icerunner_origin@startrek.website

1 month ago

Perhaps they’d like to place a bulk order for the new Commodore phone?

Grimy@lemmy.world

1 month ago

Why are they destroying them tho, I’ll pay for the shipping.

Nautalax@lemmy.world

1 month ago

Darn I was always kind of interested in looking at the Snapchat stories in random places in Afghanistan

WoodScientist@lemmy.world

1 month ago

I mean, I got to say, I think I can actually get behind this one. A broken clock is right twice a day. I don’t support the whole “cut the populace off from the internet” thing. But a population-wide smart phone ban specifically? That’s something I could actually get behind.

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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works

1 month ago

smartphones are not the problem. even a ban on social media would hit closer to the root of the problem. speaking of that, didn’t they do that already?

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