Facebook owner Meta briefly blocks hashtags tied to Bucha killings
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FacebookownerMetaPlatformsbrieflyrestrictedhashtagsrelated to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from Russian forces, a company spokesman confirmed on Monday.
ThekillingsinBucha, outside Kyiv, have drawn pledges of further sanctions against Moscow from the West.
Metaspokesman Andy Stone said automated systems that scan for violent imagery onFacebookand Instagram, which the company also owns, were responsible for blockinghashtagsincluding #buchaand #buchamassacre.
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"This happened automatically because of the graphic content people posted using thesehashtags. When we were made aware of the issue yesterday, we acted quickly to unblock thehashtags," he wrote on Twitter.
Facebookand Instagram permit the posting of graphic and violent content when it is shared to raise awareness of possible human rights abuses, but deletes the content if it is extremely explicit or celebrates suffering.
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The social media company also adds warning labels to some graphic posts that users must click through before they can see the images.
Human rights groups have critizedMeta's approach to removing violent content during conflicts, saying its practice of purging the data from its servers after 90 days results in the deletion of critical evidence of war crimes.
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Stone saidMetawas "exploring ways to preserve this type and other types of content when we remove it," specifically in relation to the war in Ukraine.
Russia has denied any accusations related to the murder of civilians.
