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Russia Files Criminal Lawsuit Against Facebook Parent Meta; Seeks To Designate As 'Extremist Organization'

Russia slapped a criminal case against Facebook's parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Reuters reports. Meta changed its hate speech rules to allow users to call for "death to the Russian invaders" in the context of the war with Ukraine. Russian prosecutors asked a court to designate Meta as an "extremist organization." Related Content: Facebook, Apple, Google…

Benzinga

Russia limits access to Instagram after ‘calls for violence against Russians’

The move comes a week after Facebook was banned in Russia.

The Independent UK

Russia Widens Social Media Crackdown by Blocking Instagram

Russian regulators said Friday that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it's being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers, in Moscow's latest move to tighten up access to foreign social platforms. The communications and media regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that it's restricting national…

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On Facebook, You Can't Threaten Violence…Unless It's Aimed at Invading Russians

Plus: More evidence against masking schoolchildren, Amazon's no-checkout grocery store, and more...

Reason

This Cannabis Stock Has Outperformed Apple, Netflix, Facebook And Amazon

Investors who added the Denver-based hydroponics innovator GrowGeneration (NASDAQ: GRWG) to their portfolios some five years ago, must now be quite happy at the stock's hefty returns.

Benzinga

Facebook speech policy change alarms UN

GENEVA: The United Nations has expressed alarm over Facebook’s decision to temporarily ease its policy on violent speech after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, warning it could spark “hate speech” against Russians.

Bangkok Post

EU, UK Launches Antitrust Investigations On Google, Meta

EU and U.K. antitrust regulators launched parallel investigations into Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) over a 2018 ad deal, CNBC reports. The European Commission and the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority investigated whether the pact between the two tech giants dubbed “Jedi Blue” squeezed competitors out of…

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Google, Meta Face EU Probe into Possible Competition Breach

The European Union threatened to crack down on an agreement between Google and Facebook parent Meta for online display advertising services, saying Friday that the deal may breach the bloc’s rules on fair competition. The EU’s competition watchdog opened a probe into a 2018 pact involving the participation of Meta’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

War makes social media an ethical minefield

Violent images can tell the true story of war, but sharing them has many pitfalls.

Axios

Benefits cheat who lived in sunny Spain while claiming for UK properties foiled by Facebook boast about Costa Blanca lifestyle

Louise Jones claimed disability benefits for almost a decade after moving to Alicante

Manchester Evening News

Benefits cheat caught after Facebook boast about living in Spain while claiming benefits in England

She claimed housing and disability benefit while running a property business on the Mediterranean coast

Wales Online

Twitter Names New Leaders of Consumer Unit in Push to Add Users

Twitter Inc named three new leaders in its consumer division on Thursday to oversee development of new features and services as it races to reach 315 million daily users by the end of 2023, up from 217 million now. Over the past year, Twitter has added features such as Spaces,…

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Facebook will allow posts calling for Putin's death and violence against Russian soldiers

Social media giants Meta have temporarily relaxed rules in some countries which will allow people to post "forms of political expression" such as the death of Putin

Daily Mirror

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

Terms such as ‘death to Russian invaders’ will now be allowed on the platforms, Meta said

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Facebook Allows Calls for Violence against 'Russian Invaders'

Facebook has temporarily eased its policy on violent speech after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, allowing statements like "death to Russian invaders" but not credible threats against civilians, the tech giant said Thursday. Moscow's internationally condemned attack on its neighbor has provoked unprecedented sanctions from Western governments and businesses, but also…

Al Jazeera

Facebook allows posts urging violence against invading Russians

Tech giant says will not allow credible threats against civilians as Russia demands stop to ‘extremist activities’.

Reuters

Hungary PM Orban says EU will not sanction Russian gas or oil

The European Union will not impose sanctions on Russian gas or oil, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video posted on his Facebook page on Friday, amid a summit of EU leaders in France.

Wales Online

Ukraine morning briefing: Russia bombs experimental nuclear reactor site, say reports

Accusations fly as bombs fall on beleaguered country

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The murky world of Prashasak Samiti: Meet BJP and Adityanath’s social media warriors

Last year in May, the village of Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh made news when its Dalit residents alleged that a marriage procession of theirs had been stopped by a group of local Muslims. The situation became tense enough to warrant armed police being deployed in the area.

Benzinga

Facebook Reportedly Relaxes Hate Speech Rules To Let Some Users Call For Violence Against Russian Soldiers, Putin

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) would allow users of its social media platforms in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the country's invasion of Ukraine, according to a Reuters

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s controversial statements removed by Facebook

Comments made by Nadine Dorries and Angela Rayner were also removed by the platform

The Independent UK

Facebook and Instagram to permit posts calling for violence against Russians and death of Putin

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

The Independent UK

Twitter and Facebook remove Russian embassy posts claiming Mariupol hospital bombing was faked

Embassy repeats without evidence claims that hospital was ‘non-operational’

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

Reuters

Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin's death

Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy.

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