Mar 12, 2022 05:46 AM
https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-tempora...-precedent
EXCERPTS: [...] The latest temptress is Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. In a move redolent of 1984’s Two Minutes Hate, the company has temporarily permitted calls for violence and deaths.
The social media behemoth has provisionally permitted hate speech in certain Facebook and Instagram posts. [...] Violent speech will now be permitted when targeting Russian soldiers and Russians in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters.
Meta is also now allowing posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
The provisional policy change applies to Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania.
“These are temporary measures designed to preserve voice and expression for people who are facing invasion,” Meta said in a statement. “As always, we are prohibiting calls for violence against Russians outside of the narrow context of the current invasion.”
This new acceptance of hatred has been accompanied by a more affectionate exemption. According to internal policy materials obtained by The Intercept, Meta will now permit praise of the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit.
[...] The moves have added to suspicions that Meta makes up the rules as it goes along and follows the foreign policy objectives of the US government.
The company maintains a secret blacklist [...] A reproduction of the material published by The Intercept last October revealed that nearly everyone on the list is considered a foe or threat by the US or its allies... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: [...] The latest temptress is Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. In a move redolent of 1984’s Two Minutes Hate, the company has temporarily permitted calls for violence and deaths.
The social media behemoth has provisionally permitted hate speech in certain Facebook and Instagram posts. [...] Violent speech will now be permitted when targeting Russian soldiers and Russians in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters.
Meta is also now allowing posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
The provisional policy change applies to Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania.
“These are temporary measures designed to preserve voice and expression for people who are facing invasion,” Meta said in a statement. “As always, we are prohibiting calls for violence against Russians outside of the narrow context of the current invasion.”
This new acceptance of hatred has been accompanied by a more affectionate exemption. According to internal policy materials obtained by The Intercept, Meta will now permit praise of the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit.
[...] The moves have added to suspicions that Meta makes up the rules as it goes along and follows the foreign policy objectives of the US government.
The company maintains a secret blacklist [...] A reproduction of the material published by The Intercept last October revealed that nearly everyone on the list is considered a foe or threat by the US or its allies... (MORE - missing details)