Facebook and Instagram allowed users to publicly wish Putin, Lukashenko and call for abuse against the military of the Russian Federation (updated)

META will allow users of its Facebook and Instagram platforms in some countries to call for Russian soldiers due to the invasion of Ukraine. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the company's internal letters.

According to domestic emails, the content of content to the moderators of the content, the social network also temporarily resolves messages calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin or President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

“As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we temporarily made an amendment to the forms of political expression, which usually violate our rules, such as aggressive statements, such as“ Death to the Russian Occupants ”. We still do not allow calls for violence against Russian citizens, ”the META representative said in a statement.

Calls to the death of leaders will be allowed if they do not contain information about the place or method of committing a crime.

Whether the still working Instagram will be blocked in Russia - it is unknown.

According to one of the letters, the temporary changes in policy of violence against Russian soldiers apply to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.

It is also reported that meta will praise the right -wing battalion of Azov, which is usually prohibited.

The representative of META previously stated that the company “currently makes a slight exception to praise the Azov regiment exclusively in the context of the defense of Ukraine or its role as part of the National Guard of Ukraine”.

Updated: Reuters has refuted the Vice President Meta, former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Klegg:

“The company will not put up with general calls against violence against the Russians, as well as the murder of heads of state. Meta opens against Russophobia. ”