As the war in Ukraine drags on, platform moderators face complex ethical and legal calls over photos of dead soldiers, images of teens taking up arms, and videos of prisoners of war criticizing the conflict. Everyday users are confronting them, too.
Detainees "must be treated with dignity, and not exposed to public curiosity — like circulating images on social media," the ICRCcheered images showing Ukrainian teens suiting up for war in their skateboarding gear.
Others raised questions about how such photos would be received had they come from other parts of the world.lying next to blasted tanks, and of wounded and dead civilians, have popped up around the world in countless Facebook feeds and Twitter streams. They are a reality of war and an important part of standing witness to its horrors. But many users aren't prepared or able to verify or analyze them, and outrage frequently overwhelms caution.Rules of war, like the Geneva Conventions, cover some of this ground, even though they predate the pre-social media era.
Platforms like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok have their own rules, along with the challenges of enforcing them amid the fog of war. Governments weigh in, too. A new Russian law imposes severe consequences on journalists within its borders whose reports counter the official government position.A decade of conflicts in the social-media era, from the Arab Spring to Afghanistan and Syria, have given the platform companies some experience in navigating this terrain.In many cases that means flagging the graphic nature of the content, but allowing it to be shared.
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