Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca...
by vogre on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:46AM
(#30641272)
> violent speech against Russian civilians is allowed "if the context is the Russian invasion"
So it's possible to say "Russia is invading Ukraine, so every Russian must die"?
Also >Emails also showed that Meta would allow praise of the Ukrainian far-right Azov battalion, which is normally prohibited.
You can praise nazis when they are on your side?
Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca...
by concinds on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:20AM
(#30641780)
> So it's possible to say "Russia is invading Ukraine, so every Russian must die"?
Certainly not, but people on social media are never this precise. Bigotry will be implied, or unclear; but the effects are the same.
Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca...
by xdennis on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:14PM
(#30643745)
> You can praise nazis when they are on your side?
In WW2 Finland was allied with Nazi Germany because the Soviet Union invaded them.
The UK was allied with the Soviet Union because the Nazis invaded them.
You don't have the luxury the choose your friends when the enemy is blowing up your children.
"We won't allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians," says Meta.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/11/facebook-...
They define credible as: having two "indicators of credibility", such as location or method. That is a considerably higher bar than for any other group. And that's referring to civilians, not soldiers.
In a separate, internal memo, they explicitly say that hate speech and violent speech against Russian civilians is allowed "if the context is the Russian invasion". That's sufficiently vague that the policy allows for dehumanization.
This is already having a real-world impact, even in countries where Facebook explicitly says all hate speech against Russians, even soldiers, is still banned (obviously, as always, enforcement is lacking). See the real-world impact here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/07/antirussian-...
---
It's also fascinating that you are being accused of spreading misinformation for telling the truth about what Facebook said. Some can say Facebook's statement is vague, but these are PR professionals who can certainly be as vague or as precise as they want to be.
It highlights the future we are heading towards, if those who want unbridled corporate power to "ban misinformation" end up having their way. The statement Meta made yesterday would get memory-holed the next day.