According to internal company emails obtained by the news agency, calls for violence against Russian soldiers and even Russian president Vladimir Putin are still allowed on the platform.
It is a strange decision that shows how much sway Facebook and Meta have over what can and cannot be said online.
Russia will block all access to Facebook in response to the company blocking Russian propaganda on the platform.
As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Meta has made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules, such as death to the Russian invaders.
The policy change has some notable quirks.
We still won't allow calls for violence against Russian civilians.
Posts with plans to dispose of Putin will be removed as that would violate Facebook's rules over inciting violence.
You can only wish death upon Russian soldiers if you are in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine according to the leaked email.
Is it payback for Russia blocking Facebook? It is difficult to say, but it is an uncomfortable revelation, regardless of the bloodshed in Ukraine.
The stakes are higher than ever, but an angry online mob isn't likely to help in any meaningful way.
Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders.
Russia is blocking all access to Facebook.
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