Afghanistan's Taliban rulers reportedly plan to restrict or block access to Facebook. One top official describes social media as "a waste of time." But there are fears the move is really aimed at cracking down even harder on people's freedoms.

Local media outlet TOLOnews recently interviewed the interim government's head of communications. He's quoted as saying Afghanistan's youth need education, not social media.

Officials with the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists say the plan would deal a further blow to freedom of information in Afghanistan.

Authorities have been seeking to detain journalists and activists since the Taliban seized power in 2021.