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Facebook removes graphic photo of Ukrainian soldier only after complaints
Kyiv Post ^ | Sept. 7, 2014, 7:23 p.m. | Olena Goncharova

Posted on 09/08/2014 9:01:45 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

On Sept. 5, Ukrainian Facebook users were shocked as the world's biggest social network seemed to deliberately overlook some abusive posts related to the war in Ukraine's east.

A day before, on Sept. 4, Facebook user Xela Rekrap posted a picture of the body of a dead Ukrainian soldier hanging on the high voltage wires. A brutal commentary accompanied the image.

"A minute of soldier's humour. Starobesheve village. Our militants hung a dead Ukrainian trooper on the wires with the help of a fire truck. Let him fly," read the description.

(Excerpt) Read more at kyivpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: russia; ukraine; warcrime
yet another Russian war crime, aided in propaganda by Facebook.
1 posted on 09/08/2014 9:01:46 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Gotta love those Ruskies....nothing but classy examples of humanity.


2 posted on 09/08/2014 9:33:12 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: WhiskeyX
Facebook removes graphic photo of Ukrainian soldier only after complaints

Well, duh...

Do they really believe that Facebook monitors every image and every posting, and takes notice? Do they think that not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without Facebook knowing it? (apologies if that sounds offensive)

3 posted on 09/08/2014 9:42:20 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Zeppo

Helps to read the article.


4 posted on 09/08/2014 9:46:13 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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“Do they really believe that Facebook monitors every image and every posting, and takes notice?”

Facebook is notorious for removing conservative commentary ad photographs with no content objectionable for any reason other than being critical of Liberal causes, with or without any external complaints about the Facebook content. Here we have some of the most graphic and heinous content with numerous complaints being disregarded by Facebook for a period of time before taking down the objectionable content. in other words, this was not a case of Facebook simply not being aware of the problem well before responding to the complaints.


5 posted on 09/08/2014 10:25:41 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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FB moderators must have mistaken it for a pro necrophelia post.


6 posted on 09/08/2014 11:34:06 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: 1rudeboy

Not when your goal is to respond to snarky headlines with an equal dose of snark...


7 posted on 09/08/2014 11:58:45 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Zeppo

To make it even more abundantly clear, the headline is a good example of the “How come when you lose something, you always find it in the last place that you look?” genre of tautologies...


8 posted on 09/08/2014 12:05:14 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Zeppo

Not when you are talking about Facebook whose default setting is that of an exotic auto-dominatrix soliciting submissive and supplicant conservatives desirous of abuse.


9 posted on 09/08/2014 12:14:14 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

In this video too.

https://news.vice.com/video/aftermath-of-ambush-on-ukrainian-forces-russian-roulette-dispatch-75


10 posted on 09/08/2014 12:15:37 PM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: WhiskeyX

bump

Russia never had any intention of observing the ceasefire and now Mariupol receives artillery strikes.


11 posted on 09/08/2014 12:16:38 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-WHw5KWdMU

‘Putin is Under Satan’s Spell’: Kyiv Patriarch says Russian leader faces eternal damnation


12 posted on 09/08/2014 12:17:05 PM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: WhiskeyX; Zeppo

Does anyone recall the “Kill Kendall Jones” pages?

Pages calling for the murder of a private citizen didn’t violate their community standards at all, they said so to hundreds of people who complained. They finally took one down, but there are several.


13 posted on 09/08/2014 12:18:17 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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