Facebook and Instagram let users call for death to Russian soldiers over Ukraine
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#5WZZ7)
Parent company Meta makes temporary change to hate speech policy for users in eastern Europe and Caucasus
Facebook and Instagram users in some countries will be allowed to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, after parent company Meta made a temporary change to its hate speech policy.
The company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for death to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Poland, according to internal emails to its content moderators.
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