Facebook and Meta company logos on smartphone and monitor screens. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 11 In light of the events in Ukraine, Meta has temporarily lifted its Facebook and Instagram ban on calls for violence against the Russian military, but not against the civilian population of Russia, in light of the events in Ukraine, a spokesman for the company said Andy Stone on Twitter.
"As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have temporarily allowed forms of political expression that would normally violate our ban on incitement to violence", Stone said in a statement posted on Twitter.
As an example of what was previously not allowed, the company cited the slogan «Death to the Russian invaders» as an example of what is now allowed. «We will, however, not allow plausible calls for violence against Russian civilians,» a Meta spokesperson said. Reuters, citing internal company documents, previously reported that the temporary permit applies to countries such as Russia, Ukraine and Poland. , Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, as well as to the states of Transcaucasia. Relevant emails have been sent to content moderators.
Kadyrov spoke about phone calls by Bandera to relatives of military personnel. The new policy, according to the agency, also allows calls for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, «if they do not contain other people as targets, and also do not indicate the location (of the subject) or way (murder).» The circulars also note that calls for violence against Russians should be allowed if the message explicitly refers to the conflict in Ukraine. At the same time, calls for violence against Russian soldiers do not apply to prisoners of war. Last week, Roskomnadzor said that in response to restricting access to Russian media, it blocked access to the Facebook network. In addition, on Friday, Putin signed a law introducing administrative liability for spreading fakes about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces and calling for sanctions against Russia. After that, on Sunday, the Chinese social network TikTok announced that it would stop distributing new content in the Russian Federation and live broadcasts (streams) because of this law. » /> There is no turning back. Should those who fled from Russia be allowed back?