{"id":4543,"date":"2022-03-14T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/meta-backpedals-on-policy-allowing-for-calls-for-violence-against-russians-after-backlash"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:18:14","slug":"meta-backpedals-on-policy-allowing-for-calls-for-violence-against-russians-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/meta-backpedals-on-policy-allowing-for-calls-for-violence-against-russians-after-backlash","title":{"rendered":"Meta Backpedals on Policy Allowing for Calls for Violence Against Russians After Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span>Meta, the internet giant that owns Facebook and Instagram, has been heavily chastised over the \u2018temporary\u2019 change to its hate speech policy allowing users in some countries to call for violence against Russian people, Russian troops, and the country\u2019s president, while inexplicably allowing for praise of Ukraine\u2019s neo-Nazi Azov Regiment.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook and Instagram parent Meta appears to have at least partially reversed course on its freedom of hate speech policy, with a senior executive issuing a statement saying that users will remain prohibited from sharing posts calling \u201cfor the death of a head of state,\u201d or for violence against Russians generally.<\/p>\n<p>The revised hate speech policy is applicable only in Ukraine, and \u201conly in the context of speech regarding the Russian military invasion of Ukraine,\u201d according to the Meta executive.<\/p>\n<p>Meta announced Thursday that it would temporarily look the other way to hate speech on its platforms over the crisis in Ukraine, with Facebook and Instagram users in nine countries in Eastern Europe allowed to call for violence against Russians generally, Russian troops, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. The company assured that it \u201cstill won\u2019t allow credible calls for violence\u201d against Russian civilians to be made.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, the company also allowed for praise of Ukraine\u2019s openly neo-Nazi Azov regiment \u2013 a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard which the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had previously condemned for war crimes including kidnapping, torture and mass looting.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Embassy in the US slammed Meta\u2019s \u201caggressive and criminal policy leading to incitement of hatred and hostility toward Russians\u201d as \u201coutrageous,\u201d and called on Washington to \u201cstop the extremist activities of Meta and take measures to bring the perpetrators to justice.\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said that a ban on Facebook and Instagram would be appropriate amid the scandal. On Friday, the Russian investigative committee promised to open a criminal case against the company, while the Russian general prosecutor\u2019s office called for Facebook and Instagram to be blocked.<\/p>\n<p>The outcry over Meta\u2019s freedom of hate speech policy comes amid a general rise in violence against and discrimination of Russians across Europe and North America over Moscow\u2019s ongoing demilitarization operation in Ukraine. Recent weeks have witnessed attacks on Russian diplomatic missions abroad, attempts to ban Russian classical literature in universities, hate crimes and online harassment of Russian nationals living abroad, and attacks on Russian-themed venues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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