Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn mentioned this week they’d moved to safe the accounts of Afghan residents to guard them towards being focused amid the Taliban’s swift takeover of the nation.

Facebook has quickly eliminated the power for individuals to view or search the chums lists of accounts in Afghanistan, its safety coverage head Nathaniel Gleicher tweeted on Thursday.

Gleicher additionally mentioned the corporate had launched a “one-click tool” for customers in Afghanistan to lock down their accounts, so people who find themselves not their Facebook associates could be unable to see their timeline posts or share their profile photographs.

Human rights teams have voiced issues that the Taliban might use on-line platforms to trace Afghans’ digital histories or social connections. Amnesty International mentioned this week that 1000’s of Afghans, together with lecturers, journalists and human rights defenders, have been at critical danger of Taliban reprisals.

The former captain of the Afghan girls’s soccer group has additionally urged gamers to delete social media and erase their public identities.

Twitter mentioned it was in contact with civil society companions to supply help to teams within the nation and was working with the Internet Archive to expedite direct requests to take away archived tweets.

It mentioned if people have been unable to entry accounts containing data that would put them in danger, resembling direct messages or followers, the corporate might quickly droop the accounts till customers regain entry and are capable of delete their content material.

Twitter additionally mentioned it was proactively monitoring accounts affiliated with authorities organizations and would possibly quickly droop accounts pending further data to verify their identification. A LinkedIn spokesman mentioned the Microsoft-owned skilled networking website had quickly hidden the connections of its customers in Afghanistan so different customers wouldn’t be capable of see them.