Ukraine war: To protect against Russia's "death lists" - Facebook releases security tool
Created: 02/25/2022, 16:18
The Facebook group Meta has responded to the Ukraine war.
It was the same in Afghanistan.
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To protect Facebook users in the Ukraine war, the group has activated advanced security settings.
The tool was already used in Afghanistan.
California/Kiev - To protect its users in the Ukraine-Russia war, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has announced security measures.
With the help of a tool, Ukrainian users could switch off their profiles "with just one click," Facebook security chief Nathaniel Gleicher said on Twitter.
Facebook tool in the Ukraine war: To protect Ukrainian users
This should allow users to protect themselves if they fear persecution in the Ukraine war.
The blocking means that those who do not belong to the user's circle of friends cannot see or download profile pictures.
In addition, Facebook promises to set up a special center with native speakers to "closely monitor the situation and act as quickly as possible," tweeted the same.
Earlier, there had been reports that Russia was compiling "death lists" of Ukrainian citizens, possibly based on posts in the online networks.
Facebook had already used the security tool in Afghanistan.
In the crisis-ridden country, there was a fear that the radical Islamic Taliban could use statements on Facebook to take action against alleged critics.
Ukraine war: Russia creates death lists - Facebook unlocks security tool
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States said it had information about serious human rights violations.
"In particular, we have credible information suggesting that Russian forces are preparing lists of identified Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation," US Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker wrote in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Officer Michelle Bachelet.
The letter was available from the German Press Agency.
In addition to Facebook, the Twitter platform also reacted.
Users in Ukraine have been warned to protect their online accounts and identities.
The company gave instructions on how users can delete their accounts or how to hide their location data.
War in Ukraine: Lots of false information in circulation - how to counteract it?
Information about the situation on the ground has been accumulating since Russia attacked Ukraine.
People share their concerns and information on social networks - but false reports and rumors about the Ukraine war also spread so quickly.
According to information from the Tagesschau
, there has not yet been any detailed information
on how the social media companies want to get the flood of disinformation under control .
Meanwhile, the situation in Kiev continues to deteriorate.
Here you can get an overview of the developments in the Ukraine war up until Friday afternoon.
(mell)
