Russia's US embassy demanded Washington stop Meta's "extremist activities."
Facebook and Instagram users in certain countries can publish posts inciting violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the war in Ukraine for a specified period of time, Reuters reports. It is also not considered hate speech on social media if someone
Calls for the death or assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
- it is revealed from the internal correspondence obtained by the news agency.
"As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are temporarily allowing forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules, such as posting violent statements such as 'death to the Russian invaders.' We will not allow the incitement of violence against Russian civilians," said the spokesperson of Meta in relation to the issue.
Calls related to the death of executives are also allowed, according to one of the e-mails, which was sent in connection with a recent amendment to the company's rules on violence and incitement.
Referring to the Reuters news, Russia's US embassy demanded that Washington stop Meta's "extremist activities".
"The users of Facebook and Instagram have not given the owners of these platforms the right to define the criteria of truth and pit nations against each other"
- the embassy said in a Twitter message, which was also shared by their office in India.
According to an email, the temporary changes to the incitement of violence against Russian soldiers apply to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
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