Meta has made a temporary change to its hate speech policy to allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russian people and Russian soldiers , Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a statement via Twitter .Using the Russian special operation in Ukraine as a justification for the move, Meta described racist speech against Russian -speaking people as " forms of political expression ," vowing to continue to prevent " credible calls for violence against Russian civilians.""As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression...