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Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians

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Re: Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians

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Misleading title and article. Facebook and Instagram are allowing people in countries neighboring Russia to call for violence against Russian who are not civilians. "We still won’t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians,” Meta said in a statement." Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/11/facebook-... This article from Reuters is at best clickbait, and at worse Russian pro-war p…

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Re: Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians

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Doesn't seem likely, TBH. Azov Battalion is apparently part of the Ukraine's national guard [1]. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion

Somehow, that particular page doesn’t seem trustworthy at this point in time.

Ok, so I took a look, and it doesn't seem like that it was created (or made more biased) in response to the recent events. Here's the history of that Wikipedia page if you'd like to see older versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Azov_Battalion&of...

Re: Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians

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Let's do something about this. What should we do?

Allow any and all speech that comply with local regulations, with exception granted for commercial speech (ie. spam/advertising). Don't give out victim cards.

Okay, but how do we get big tech to adhere to these sorts of rules.
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