Meta has been recognized as an extremist organization in Russia
In Russia, the American company Platforms Inc was recognized. an extremist organization. Now its activities will be completely banned on the territory of the country.
As Channel 24 reports with reference to Russian media, on Monday, March 21, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow declared Meta an “extremist organization” and banned its social networks in Russia for extremist activities.
Facebook Instagram and Facebook in Russia are subject to immediate enforcement. At the same time, the ban on Meta activities in Russia does not apply to WhatsApp.
What preceded these events
Facebook Instagrammed the report that the prosecutor general’s office demanded that Meta be recognized as an “extremist organization” after the company stopped removing threats and calls for violence against the Russian military in some countries, which began to appear on the social networks Facebook and Instagram.
- Users could express death wishes to Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, but this ban did not last long.
- Already on March 14, Meta noted that the company will not allow calls for the death of the head of state on its platforms.
- Almost immediately after that, Facebook was blocked in Russia.
- Already on March 14, access to the social network Instagram was restricted.
- Facebook Instagram users will not be punished for bypassing blockages if Meta is banned as an “extremist organization” by the representative of the Russian Prosecutor General’s office stressed in court.
