Meta is temporarily changing Facebook comment settings amid Israel-Hamas war

Meta is temporarily changing users' default comment settings on Facebook as part of its response to the Israel-Hamas war. The company said in an update it was making the change in an effort to "protect people in the region from potentially unwelcome or unwanted comments." With the change, comments on "newly created public Facebook posts" will be limited to the user's friends or "established followers." The step is somewhat unusual as publicly viewable Facebook posts are typically open to comment...