It previously blocked networks such as Russia Today and Sputnik across Europe, but now it is expanding its crackdown against pro-Kremlin propaganda on its platform.
It comes after the Russian government moved to block Instagram in the country as the Kremlin goes to war with social media giants.
Labelling the app’s parent company, Meta , an ‘extremist organisation’, the move will have huge ramifications for ordinary Russians.decided to relax its hate speech policy to allow Instagram users to call for violence against Russian soldiersAccording to internal emails seen by news agency Reuters on Thursday, Facebook’s parent company introduced the temporary change to its hate speech policy for users in parts of Europe.
These will be allowed in some countries including Russia, Ukraine and Poland, according to internal emails to content moderators.
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