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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/10\/22970705\/russia-ukraine-moderation-facebook-instagram-hate-speech-violence-policy<\/a>
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Facebook and Instagram have instituted a temporary change in policy that allows users in some countries to post content that\u2019s usually forbidden, including calls for harm or even the death of Russian soldiers or politicians. The change first surfaced in a report by Reuters<\/em><\/a>, citing internal emails to moderators. In them, the outlet reports mods are told that calls for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will be allowed, as long as they don\u2019t contain threats toward others or \u201cindicators of credibility\u201d like saying where or how the act will take place.<\/p>\n

In a statement sent to The Verge<\/em>, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said, \u201cAs 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 \u2018death to the Russian invaders.\u2019 We still won\u2019t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em><\/a> confirmed this policy applies to people using the service from Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The Times<\/em> also notes that in 2021, Vice<\/em><\/a> <\/em>reported Facebook moderators received similar temporary instructions about \u201cdeath to Khamanei\u201d content and cited a spokesperson saying that Facebook had made that particular exception in certain earlier cases as well.<\/p>\n

The Facebook community standards regarding hate speech<\/a> and violence and incitement<\/a> have continued to receive updates since the company started publishing them publicly in 2018<\/a>. This change is just the latest example of how platforms have modified their treatment of content originating from the invading countries or relating to them since the fighting began.<\/p>\n