Facebook has deleted a post by Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime
minister, for violating its policies against inciting violence.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Ahmed had asked citizens to
take up arms to block the advance of rebel group, Tigray People’s Liberation
Front (TPLF).
The prime minister had asked Ethiopians “to temporarily hold
occasional affairs, organise and march through legal manner with every weapon
and power/might in order to prevent, reverse and bury the terrorist TPLF”.
He made the post after the rebels seized control of more
towns in the country.
The conflict between the Ethiopian government and the TPLF
escalated in November 2020 when the rebel forces seized military bases in
Tigray, a northern region.
Abiy, in response, sent more troops into Tigray but the TPLF
said the government and its allies launched a “coordinated attack” against its
fighters and that parts of its capital city were attacked by soldiers.
Thousands of people have reportedly been killed and more
than 2.5 million forced to flee their homes since the conflict started.
A spokesperson for Facebook told BBC that the post was
removed for violating its policies.
“We were made aware of a post by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister
and removed this for violating our policies against inciting and supporting
violence,” the spokesperson said.
“At Meta, we remove content from individuals or
organizations that violates our community standards, no matter who they are.”
This is not the first time a social media platform will
remove the post of a world leader.
In June, Twitter removed President Muhammadu Buhari’s post
where he threatened to treat Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they
understand”.
The federal government subsequently suspended the operation
of Twitter in the country.
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