Meta Platforms Inc., clarified that it is against its user rules to share posts that “call for the death of a state”, speculating a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Last week, Facebook's rules were briefly eased to allow Ukrainian users to make threats of violence against the Russian military, which invaded their neighbor in late February. As a result of the shift, there was some public uncertainty over what was and wasn't allowed on Facebook and Instagram.

The move, according to Meta's President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg, is designed at defending Ukrainian rights and does not signify tolerance for "discrimination, harassment, or violence towards Russians”. He attempted to further explain the company's position to employees.

In the last two weeks, Russia has blocked both Facebook and Instagram, citing Meta's content policy preferences. Meta has already restricted Russia's state-controlled media accounts in Ukraine and the European Union, as well as all advertising from Russian companies.

Russia announced last week that it will ban Facebook in the nation due to what it claimed were limits on access to Russian media on the platform. During its invasion of Ukraine, which it refers to as a "special operation," Moscow has targeted tech businesses, including Twitter, which has stated that it is blocked in the nation.

Many major social media platforms have announced new content restrictions in response to the crisis, including the blocking of Russian state media RT and Sputnik in the European Union, as well as carve-outs in some of their policies during the conflict.

“We are now narrowing the focus to make it explicitly clear in the guidance that it is never to be interpreted as condoning violence against Russians in general,” Clegg wrote. He added that the revised policy only applies in Ukraine, and “only in the context of speech regarding the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.”

“We also do not permit calls to assassinate a head of state,” Clegg wrote, though he didn’t mention Putin by name.