A company spokesman said it has temporarily made allowances for what “would normally violate our rules, like violent speech such as ‘Death to the Russian invaders.
’” The spokesman added, “We still won’t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians.”Dozens of nations have clapped sanctions on Russia, targeting the country’s economic arteries as a means of threatening Putin’s war chest.
The U.S. already has halted imports of Russian oil and energy products, which made up about 60 percent of the $26 billion in goods American buyers imported from Russia last year. On Friday, the White House announced a ban on additional goods, including vodka, diamonds and seafood. President Biden also unveiled additional sanctions aimed at Russian executives and said the U.S.
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