Russia restricts Instagram after Meta allows violent threats against military for Ukraine invasion
"As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as 'death to the Russian invaders.' We still won't allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters in a statement., which can allow users to circumvent government restrictions to certain sites and apps, is surging in Russia.
Since Feb. 24, there has been a 1,500% increase in the number of downloads of the top 10 VPN apps in Apple's App Store and Google Play Store in Russia compared with the prior 13-day period, according to data from SensorTower compiled for CNBC.in the United Kingdom for what the company called "the denial of violent events" in the attack on Ukraine.
In one deleted tweet, Russia's embassy claimed a pregnant woman seen in a photo of casualties at a children's hospital in the port city of Mariupol that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike was really a Ukraine "beauty blogger," suggesting that the photo was staged propaganda. At least one child and two adults were killed at the hospital, and an additional 17 were injured, Ukraine officials have said.
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