“#Meta Overhauls Controversial ‘Dangerous Organizations’ Censorship Policy: In an internal update obtained by The #Intercept, #Facebook and #Instagram’s parent company admits its rules stifled legitimate political speech.”

By Sam Biddle in @theintercept

“Meta’s ‘Dangerous Organizations and Individuals,’ or #DOI, policy is based around a secret #blacklist
of thousands of people and groups, spanning everything from #terrorists and drug #cartels to rebel armies and musical acts. For years, the policy prohibited the more than one billion people using Facebook and Instagram from engaging in ‘praise, support or representation’ of anyone on the list.

‘Changing the DOI policy is a step in the right direction, one that digital rights defenders and civil society globally have been requesting for a long time,’ Mona Shtaya, nonresident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, told The Intercept.

Observers like Shtaya have long objected to how the DOI policy has tended to disproportionately censor political discourse in places like #Palestine — where discussing a Meta-banned organization like #Hamas is unavoidable — in contrast to how Meta rapidly adjusted its rules to allow praise of the #Ukrainian #Azov #Battalion despite its neo-#Nazi sympathies.”

https://theintercept.com/2023/08/30/meta-censorship-policy-dangerous-organizations/

One for #militaryhistory people. The soldier in the photo was either a #welsh #battalion member, or a #canadian #CanadianArmedForces. The only way I’m going to know is if somebody out there is an expert at #militaryuniforms. Taken in 1944, or 1945 after the liberation of #denbosch in #nederland

501st #Battalion; starting out. Which helmet should I get on #Amazon. Limited budget but big heart. Hoping to eventually join 5"01stFrenchGarrison. In the mean time, NEED a trooper helmet.

Today, President #Biden announced that the US would be sending 31 M1 #Abrams #tanks to #Ukraine

This is enough tanks to equip one Ukrainian #battalion, which is smaller than a US armor battalion.

According to this video, Ukraine usually runs 3 tank companies per battalion, each with three, 4-tank platoons. This comes to 40 tanks.

However, Ukraine's exiting #armor units were organized around tanks with 3 person crews. The Abrams tanks being provided require 4 people to crew them.

It appears that the Ukrainians would prefer to maintain the same number of personnel per battalion and to redistribute the 12 armor crewmen per platoon into three 4-crew tanks. That ends up being 10 tanks per company (including the Company Commander's tank) instead of 13. Ten tanks times three companies plus 1 tank for the battalion commander, gives us 31 tanks.

https://youtu.be/7_hf65lQf-k

⁉️ OMG you haven't heard anything like this from a #Ukrainian 's mouth before, I bet!
In perfect English!
Listen!
This is special.

An artilleryman of the #2nd #battalion of the #67th #OMBr sends a song greeting 🙏💙💛

#Ukraine
#GunsnRoses
#KnockingOnHeavensDoor

"A document detailing a mid-war inventory of its ranks shows that by late May, fewer than 900 soldiers were left in two #battalion tactical groups that, according to Western officials, had departed the brigade's garrison in #Russia with more than 1,400. The brigade's commander was badly wounded. And some of those still being counted as part of the unit were listed as hospitalized, missing or "#refuseniks" unwilling to fight, according to the document,..." 3/

#MPs seek answers from #UK gov’t about #Rapid #Action #Battalion trips

"notorious #Bangladeshi anti-crime unit travelled to the UK for #spy #training"

"the Rapid Action Battalion (#RAB), has been linked to alleged #extrajudicial #killings and #forced #disappearances in #Bangladesh"

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/15/mps-seek-answers-from-uk-government-about-rapid-action-battalion-trips

Legionnaire of the 5th Proteus
#proteus #legionnaire #lieutenant #battalion #militaryj #militarypolice #scifi #scifiart #stablediffusion #aiphotography

The head of the #Russian #mercenary group, #Wagner, has said that a former #US #Marine Corps #general is working for the organisation in the war against #Ukraine. Yevgeny #Prigozhin asserted that the former general, whom he did not name, was commanding a unit he called the British #Battalion.

#Army National Guard Names First Black Woman #Battalion Commander In Ten – #BOTWC https://t.co/PiqN4TWIAN #BlackTechTwitter #BlackTwitter https://t.co/CWLu40LQ6q

Kobani city establishes its military council with ceremonies http://sdf-press.com/en/2019/06/kobani-city-establishes-its-military-council-with-ceremonies/ #SyrianDemocraticForces #KobaniMilitaryCouncil #Euphratesregion #globalcoalition #GeneralCommand #establishment #Kobanicanton #battalion #manshet #brigade #news #SDF