Afghanistan looks to censor Facebook during tense election fallout

As a bitter electoral dispute takes hold of Kabul, both Afghan and foreign officials worry that social media is worsening Afghanistan's ethnic and political fault lines. What once appeared to be a long-awaited outlet for expression - promoted heavily by Western officials - is now something the Afghan government is trying desperately to censor.
Already, Afghans on either side of the dispute have reverted to rhetoric reminiscent of the country's civil war in the 1990s. Ethnic Tajiks, supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, have taken aim at Ashraf Ghani, his rival in the June 14 runoff election, calling for his death. Ethnic Pashtuns have responded by emphasising ethnic solidarity over national unity
Read more: