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Bill McLoughlin

Facebook and Instagram ‘temporarily’ allow posts calling for violence against Putin and Russian soldiers

Both platforms have changed their hate speech policies

(Picture: REUTERS)

Facebook and Instagram will allow posts calling for violence against Russian soldiers and Vladimir Putin in a number of countries, following a change to their hate-speech policies.

Due to the invasion of Ukraine, internal emails from Meta, who owns both platforms, show that terms such as “death to the Russian invaders” will now be allowed.

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