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It''s an unusual exception to its long-standing hate speech rules that prohibit such language.

Facebook said Thursday that because of the invasion of Ukraine, it has temporarily eased its rules regarding violent speech. Moscow''s internationally condemned invasion of its neighbor has provoked unprecedented sanctions from Western governments and businesses, but also a surge of online anger. "As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as ''death to the Russian invaders,''" Facebook''s parent company Meta said in a statement. "We still won''t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians," it added. Facebook made its statement after a Reuters report, citing the firm''s emails to its content moderators, which said the policy applies to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Facebook and other U.S. tech giants have moved to penalize Russia for the attack on Ukraine, and Moscow has also moved to block access to the leading social media network as well as Twitter.

''We have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression''

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The changes in the company’s policy was due to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine

Instagram and Facebook users in some countries will be allowed to call for violence against Russian soldiers and civilians in the context of the Ukrainian invasion.

But the company says calls for violence against Russian civilians will not be allowed.

Facebook said Thursday that due to the invasion of Ukraine it has temporarily eased its rules regarding violent speech to allow statements like "death to Russian invaders," but not credible threats against civilians.

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Facebook said Thursday that due to the invasion of Ukraine it has temporarily eased its rules regarding violent speech to allow statements like "death to Russian invaders," but not credible threats…

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Meta is temporarily changing its hate speech policy so Facebook and Instagram users in some countries can call for violence against Russian soldiers, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Reuters reports. In a statement to Reuters , a Meta spokesperson said the social media company is making allowances "for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules, like violent speech such as ''death to the Russian invaders.'' We still won''t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians." In an email to content moderators, Meta said that posts calling for the death of Putin or Lukashenko can be made by users in Ukraine, Russia, and Poland, but cannot contain "other targets or have two indicators of credibility, such as the location or method," Reuters reports. Another email to content moderators says posts containing calls for violence against Russians can only stay up if it is clear users are talking about the invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports.

Once-banned content will be accepted under revised hate speech rules in context of war

Reuters said Meta would temporarily permit speech calling for violence against invading Russians in certain countries when discussing the Ukraine conflict.

The social network said the temporary exemption applies to forms of political expression that would typically violate its rules.