FACEBOOK ALLOWS PRAISE OF NEO-NAZI UKRAINIAN BATTALION IF IT FIGHTS RUSSIAN INVASION
FACEBOOK WILL TEMPORARILY allow its billions of users to praise the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit previously banned from being freely discussed under the company’s Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, The Intercept has learned.
The policy shift, made this week, is pegged to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and preceding military escalations. The Azov Battalion, which functions as an armed wing of the broader Ukrainian white nationalist
, began as a volunteer anti-Russia militia before formally joining the Ukrainian National Guard in 2014; the regiment is known for its hardcore right-wing ultranationalism and the neo-Nazi ideology pervasive among its members. Though it has in recent years downplayed its neo-Nazi
,
are not subtle: Azov soldiers march and train wearing uniforms bearing icons of the Third Reich; its
has reportedly
; and in 2010, the battalion’s first commander and a former Ukrainian parliamentarian, Andriy Biletsky,
that Ukraine’s national purpose was to
“lead the white races of the world in a final crusade … against Semite-led Untermenschen [subhumans].”
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What a crazy company, what's next! If Al Qaeda militants fight against Russians will Facebook also allow people to temporarily praise Al Qaeda!
Note that this isn't RT reporting it, this is the intercept that is a western media website and even they just can't deny that the Azov battalion are neo Nazis.
And some people still say why is Facebook banned in some countries!