Russia bans Facebook and Instagram for carrying out ‘extremist activities’

The Justice of Russia today satisfied the demand of the Prosecutor’s Office to ban the activities of the technological giant Meta, parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, in the country, considering it an extremist organization for allowing calls for violence against Russians.

“The activity of the American multinational Meta Platforms to offer social networks is prohibited. Facebook and Instagram on the territory of the Russian Federation for extremist activities”the Tverskoi court noted in a statement on Telegram.

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The bug does not apply to the WhatsApp messaging service of Meta because it does not contain functions for the public dissemination of information, he added.

In addition, although these services are officially blocked, the Prosecutor’s Office does not classify the use of social networks as participation in extremist activities.

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This Monday Meta unsuccessfully requested that the Russian Justice reject the Prosecutor’s demanda motion that was rejected by the court, as well as the one to postpone the consideration of the case.

The reason for this process was the temporary lifting of the ban on residents of various countries from publishing information calling for violence against Russian citizens in the wake of the “special military operation” launched by the Kremlin in Ukraine.

The Research Committee of Russia opened a criminal case due to the refusal of Goal to eliminate calls for violence against Russians, including the military.

Russia had already blocked Instagram and restricted access to Facebook.

Goal announced a little over a week ago that, temporarily due to the military offensive in Ukraine, it allows users to bypass its rules of use and send messages that would normally be prohibited, such as “death to the Russian invader”.

In a statement, company spokesman Andy Stone explained that the exceptions are allowed on a temporary basis because of the Russian operation in Ukraine if they do not include “credible” death threats against Russian civilians.

However, Meta does allow calls for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, issued from Ukraine, Poland and Russia itself.

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Source: Elcomercio

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