Does verse 71 of Surat At-Tawbah: (And the believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong) mean the permissibility of friendship between genders, and adding friends from the opposite gender (non-mahram) on social media platforms?

The meaning of the believers' guardianship over one another is that they are supporters and helpers to each other, cooperating in goodness by enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, establishing prayer, giving zakat, and obeying Allah and His Messenger. It also includes loving good, showing mercy, and respecting rights among themselves. This guardianship is based on love for the sake of Allah and brotherly faith; it does not stipulate color, gender, or place, and it is separate from relations between the sexes.