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The Daily Beast quietly reported on March 8 that it had obtained an internal Twitter memo that states,
"Based on the current safety guidelines on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, content wishing, hoping or calling for serious harm against leaders of the Russian government, military leaders, soldiers or para-military fighters will result in No Action."That is to say, now that Western governments are sending billions of dollars of weapons to Ukrainian insurgents and essentially waging a war on Russia, the social media company gave its users the green light to discuss killing Russian politicians and soldiers.
Like most major Silicon Valley corporations, Twitter is a US government contractor, and has worked with the Department of Homeland Security while taking money to promote US state propaganda outlets.
This policy update came after prominent right-wing US Senator Lindsey Graham used Twitter to call for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Republican politician tweeted on March 3:
Graham, a major ally of former president Donald Trump, was echoing similar comments he had made in an interview with conservative talk show host Sean Hannity on Fox News.
The Daily Beast reported on March 4 that a Twitter spokesperson had told the website
"that Graham's posts did not violate the platform's rules against violent threats and incitement of physical harm. Therefore, no action will be taken against the tweets."
Comment: Beg your pardon? Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for his failed attempt in 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Twitter's decision to allow death threats against Russians comes after Facebook reversed its ban on users praising Ukrainian Nazis.
Facebook is also a US government contractor, and has worked with the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security.
The social media giant Meta, which owns Facebook, said it now allows posts praising Ukraine's explicitly neo-Nazi and white-supremacist Azov regiment because it is part of the country's national guard and is fighting Russia.
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No wonder the Cs lately said that Putin has a "lot, lot, LOT of help."
And how , once the smoke clears, might we suppose all the newly incited haters are going to unwind themselves, if ever. They were merely reacting going in and they'll still be reacting coming out, if ever.