Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Beef Up Security To Protect Afghanistan's User Accounts

Facebook Inc FB, Twitter Inc TWTR, and Microsoft Corp MSFT LinkedIn guarded the accounts of Afghan citizens amid the Taliban's takeover, the BBC reports.
Facebook users can no longer view or search the friends' lists of accounts in Afghanistan for the time being. It also rolled out a "one-click tool" for Afghanistan's users to lock down their accounts from unwanted viewers.
Facebook had recently banned every form of Taliban content from its platform.
Reuters reports that human rights groups have expressed concerns over the Taliban's exploitation of online platforms to track Afghans' digital histories or social connections.
Twitter has collaborated with civil society partners and the Internet Archive to expedite direct requests to remove archived tweets.
LinkedIn had temporarily hidden the connections of its Afghanistan users.
Price Action: FB shares are up by 0.05% at $355.28, TWTR shares traded higher by 0.47% at $62.34, and MSFT shares traded higher by 0.72% at $298.90 in the premarket session on the last check Friday.