From DailyMail.co.uk…
Russia has today banned Instagram and opened a criminal case against Facebook‘s owner Meta as it accused it of being an ‘extremist’ organisation.
Russian prosecutors asked a court to designate Meta as an ‘extremist organisation’ after the the US tech giant temporarily allowed posts such as ‘death to the Russian invaders following Vladimir Putin’s ruthless invasion of Ukraine, now entering its third week.
The latest clampdown also saw access restricted to Instagram and comes after Roskomnadzor, which oversees Russian mass media, blocked Facebook and Twitter amid Moscow’s war propaganda campaign.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, which reports directly to Russian president Vladimir Putin, confirmed that a criminal case had been started against Meta for allowing what it deemed to be illegal content.
