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Facebook and Insta under fire for allowing calls for death of Russians

FACEBOOK and Instagram have come under fire after a report from the Reuters news agency revealed internal emails sanctioning calls for the deaths of Russians.

Meta, which owns the social media platforms, is also temporarily allowing some posts calling for the death of President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in some countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Poland.

Posts calling for their demise will be allowed unless they contain other targets or include the location and method of the killings, internal emails said.

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