Facebook & Instagram to Allow Death Threats against Ordinary Russians

Facebook and Instagram will now allow users to issue death threats against ordinary Russians as part of a “temporary” change to Meta Platforms’ hate speech policy, according to reports.
As long as the calls for violence against Russians are in the context of the Ukraine invasion, Meta is using what they call “indicators of credibility” to gauge them, according to internal emails.
“The social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Poland, reports Reuters.
“These calls for the leaders’ deaths will be allowed unless they contain other targets or have two indicators of credibility, such as the location or method.”
