Meta Temporarily Allows Hate Speech to Russian Leaders
Meta, the parent company above Facebook and Instagram, will make a temporary exception to its guidelines on hateful and violent language.
Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it will not remove calls for violence against Russian leaders in certain countries, the company ruled on Thursday.
According to Reuters news agency, posts calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin or his Belarusian ally Alexander Lukashenko, for example, will not be removed in Russia, Ukraine and Poland, among others. According to an internal email sent to Reuters, the temporary relaxation also applies to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia.
"We are tolerant of certain political statements that normally violate our rules," Meta spoke...