“We continue to prevent credible calls for violence against Russian civilians,” said Meta, the parent company of the two social networks.
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Published on 03/11/2022 06:46 Updated on 03/11/2022 07:51
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The meta makes exceptions due to the war. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced on Thursday, March 10, that it “will show leniency towards forms of political expression that usually break the rules.” [ses] rules on violent speech such as “death to the Russian occupiers”. However, “we still do not tolerate credible calls for violence against Russian civilians,” said Andy Stone, Meta’s head of communications.
Last week, Russia blocked Facebook after the social media giant banned media outlets close to the government (including the RT channel and the Sputnik website) in Europe.
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This announcement was made following the publication of a Reuters article citing emails exchanged by meta content moderators stating that the rule update applies to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia. and Ukraine. This is not the first time that the Mark Zuckerberg group has tolerated this kind of posting, although the examples are rare: thus, in June 2021, the network sanctioned messages from Iranian adversaries calling for the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for two weeks.
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