Facebook breaks its own rules to allow for some calls to violence against Russia

3 yıl önce

Facebook will allow some calls for violence against Russian invaders, creating an unusual exception to its long-standing hate speech rules that prohibit such language as Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on.

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“As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as ‘death to the Russian invaders.’ We still won’t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians,” said spokesman Andy Stone.

The new policy was first reported by Reuters.

Facebook and other Silicon Valley companies have faced immense pressure to isolate and crack down on Russia as the war enters its third week. Facebook, TikTok and YouTube banned Russian state media in Europe and in Ukraine in response to government requests, limiting Russia’s ability to spread propaganda and misinformation to millions of people. But the Ukrainian government has pressed the companies to go even further — asking them to fully shut down their services in Russia as punishment for the invasion.

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