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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours ago

Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

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Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours ago
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The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a spokesman for the administration.
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  • Lupo@lemmy.world
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    I read the entire article incredibly confused because I thought it said immortality

  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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    Least insane Taliban action

  • Ulrich@feddit.org
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    Everyone knows CAT5 is pure…

  • MynameisAllen@lemmy.zip
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    I misread this as immortality and was immediately curious what they knew that I don’t

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    “Fitter, healthier and more productive
    A pig
    In a cage
    On antibiotics”

    • ksigley@lemmy.world
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      I never walk away from this song feeling better.

  • weegee90@lemmy.world
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    We did it Patrick! We ended immorality!

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    I’m gonna level with you, brother, immorality existed way before the internet.

    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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      Seriously, nothing is new. It came from something else.

    • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      it’s not about immorality, it’s to limit the access to outside information in a country where most internet access is done through smartphones.

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    How can the AP make such a basic mistake as calling Internet access ‘Wi-Fi’?

    The Taliban didn’t ban Wi-Fi, they banned fiber optic internet connections. People can run Wi-Fi networks all day.

    • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world
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      Because almost everyone else in the world has begun referring to their entire internet connection as “Wi-Fi” and it pisses me off, too.

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        I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift

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          Haven’t noticed that. It’s dead obvious that desktop PCs aren’t mobile at all, and mobility is what makes laptops laptops.

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    I fucking despise religious reactionaries.

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      That’s just a symptom of moral prescriptivism, which in turn is a symptom of otherwise impotent desire for control over a weird and scary world.

      That doesn’t mean they’re making good choices, but it does explain why they’re making them.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    so glad the us bombed their country gave them false hope and then dicked over all the people when they turned it back over to the taliban…

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    I hope they don’t find out about ethernet

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    Does this fellow have stock (ownership?) in local DSL providers? Or perhaps even dialup (I am assuming dialup is still a thing in parts of the country)?

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      I am assuming dialup is still a thing in parts of the country

      Fun (sad?) fact: AOL will soon shut down dial up on September 30th 2025: https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued

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    I thought they only banned talis

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