The Department of Information and Culture of the caretaker government in Ghor province has prohibited the posting of images of children on social media.
In a statement, the department stated that this decision was made based on letter number (2036) from the Ministry of Information and Culture of the current government and the resolution of the “Joint Committee of Emirate and Non-Emirate Agencies on Child Protection.”
The Department of Information and Culture of Ghor emphasized that some “biased media” outlets publish issues related to children in a manner that harms the child’s personality and their family’s reputation, threatening and endangering the child’s life.
Additionally, some media reports have indicated that the Taliban’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has called for a ban on YouTubers interviewing children.
The Ministry of Information and Culture has instructed its provincial departments to implement this decision.
This comes at a time when the recording and publication of images of living beings has been prohibited under the law of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice by the caretaker government.
The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has begun enforcing the ban on images of living beings, resulting in the suspension of local television activities in several provinces.
