Afghan social media influencers flee, residents scrub digital pasts amid Taliban revenge fears

Afghan social media influencers flee, residents scrub digital pasts amid Taliban revenge fears

South China Morning Post - World·2021-08-21 07:04

The return of the hardline Islamist group has sent a shock wave through Afghanistan’s social media

Prominent influencers have gone dark or fled, while residents fear that what they once put online could now put their lives in danger

Sadiqa Madadgar’s social media looked much like any other successful young Afghan influencer’s until Taliban militants stormed into Kabul and upended her dreams.

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