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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days 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 · 18 days 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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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    I’m gonna level with you, brother, immorality existed way before the internet.

  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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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.

      • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
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        I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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          The fuck…? Seriously? That’s like calling a faucet a water bottle.

          • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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            Mom, can we get water bottles at home?

            No, we already have water bottles at home.

            Water bottles at home:

            • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              I love my city (Beirut) it is full of trams (Kia Picanto 2013 base model w/ automatic transmission)

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    I fucking despise religious reactionaries.

  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.world
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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

  • the_visitor@sh.itjust.works
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    They should denounce all the weapons from the US. Obviously, those are haram, and against the religion.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
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      Haram?

      • the_visitor@sh.itjust.works
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        Yes.

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