Posted on 02/25/2022 11:14:24 AM PST by lowbridge
Facebook is backtracking on a ban it placed on users praising the Azov Battalion, a far-right paramilitary force within the Ukrainian National Guard.
The Intercept first reported the news.
Praise for the group, which is the armed wing of the country's white nationalist Azov movement, was banned in 2019 under Facebook's Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy. The platform had classified the group alongside others such as the Ku Klux Klan and Islamic State.
A 2016 report by the OHCHR found that Azov soldiers had raped and tortured civilians during the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The memos seen by The Intercept, however, also acknowledge the group's ideology, and listed the following post as an example of unacceptable content, according to the outlet: "Well done Azov for protecting Ukraine and it's white nationalist heritage."
The battalion itself will still be banned from using Facebook to publish posts or recruit members, while images of its uniform and banners will still be banned as hate symbols.
"For the time being, we are making a narrow exception for praise of the Azov Regiment strictly in the context of defending Ukraine, or in their role as part of the Ukraine National Guard," a spokesperson from Facebook's parent company, Meta, told Insider.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Hahahaha!! Facebook siding with the Ukrainian Nazis! LOL.
Liberal Clown world.
Russians are on the city borders of Kiev, and Facebook pretends its petty censorship changes matter.
Well, seems like Facebook has a view on EVERY DAMN THING!
I really don’t understand why anyone even posts on these THOUGHT POLICE PLATFORMS!!!
Doesn’t matter who is right on this particular issue... for them to come out and threaten free speech based on their own view of what is “ACCURATE” is an AFFRONT to our liberties!
TOLERATING THIS BEHAVIOR IS ANTI-AMERICAN!!!
Didn’t the media just tell us that the far right only existed there during WWII?
It’s so time consuming and difficult for the Social Media demigods to rule the world. Have to keep up with whom to crush, whom to ban and whom to promote.
Facebook is sooo last year.
Another report on Neo Nazi’s in Ukraine besides Azov Battalion:
Salon, 2/2/22: “...The most critical events that have been airbrushed out of the West’s political narrative are the violation of agreements made by Western leaders at the end of the Cold War not to expand NATO into Eastern Europe, and the U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine in February 2014... in which an armed mob led by the neo-Nazi Right Sector militia stormed the Ukrainian parliament, forcing elected President Viktor Yanukovych and members of his party to flee for their lives. ...”
Instant revenge.
Russia limited access to Facebook
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/world/europe/russia-facebook.html
“white nationalist”
Could be a case of mixed metaphors here. In that neighborhood the communists were the Reds and the “Whites” were the anti-communists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_movement
“White Russia” is synonymous with West Russia and the term is often applied to Belarus and western Ukraine.
It can get so confusing for these Commies. At least they have modern tools at their disposal like PhotoShop so they do little tricks like this even easier...
they just want their child molester off the news
Stupid facebook. This is what happens when you start banning certain groups. You get stuck in situations like this. And all for nothing.
Wow! Nationalist white supremest nazis are suddenly cool with the woke crowd again. Can’t wait to see Sean Penn virtue signaling and waving a nazi flag.
Ping
When you understand that Facebook is a CIA/DARPA creation, this makes perfect sense.
Lemme guess:
Azov Battalion has Harris-Biden’s support.
“Liberal Clown world.”
Indeed.
2021: “Attaboy, Ukrainian neo-fascist racists!” (banned on Facebook)
2022: “Way to go, Ukrainian neo-fascist racists, kick Putin’s @$$! (totally fine)
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