Facebook has been faced with more straightforwardcontent moderation decisions concerningRussia 's war onUkraine .- Russia's invasion received universal condemnation, creating less confusion as to how Facebook should act against misinformation and propaganda.
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Content moderation on internet platforms has become increasingly $4 in recent months, as right-wing pundits decry that companies like Facebook censor conservative voices on everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to the divisive 2020 US presidential election. Meanwhile, liberals claim
But $4 may present one of the more straightforward moderation decisions that Facebook has been faced with — $4— thanks to the universal condemnation levied against the unprovoked attack led by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to Ari Lightman, a professor of digital media at Carnegie Mellon and social media expert, there was more side-taking in regard to topics like the pandemic, with many conservatives lambasting the disease and related safety measures as overhyped and serving a liberal agenda.
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Russia's war is much more black-and-white, Lightman said, which is why we won't see as many cries of censorship as Facebook cracks down on content regarding the conflict.
Russia has led a disinformation campaign to make Ukraine out to be the aggressor in the war instead of the other way around. As $4 reported, some Russian state-backed media outlets posted stories on Facebook and other sites that included the false claims. $4 on a live broadcast against the war.
Facebook took action by fact-checking the posts and then restricting those outlets' accounts in Ukraine, $4 to both Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg.
$4, so it blocked access to Facebook and Instagram within its country's borders, and a Russian court $4
It's part of a full-blown censorship pursuit designed to keep control of the narrative around the war in Russia's hands, Lightman said.
"This is Russia's playbook," Lightman said. "This is how they propagate disinformation. And if they can't do it associated with Facebook or any of these open channels like Twitter, they'll try to do it individually targeted through Telegram or one of these point-to-point mechanisms."