Russia labels Meta an ‘extremist’ organization, bans Instagram


Russia’s Investigative Committee, the nation’s peak criminal and anti-corruption investigation body, has opened a probe into whether Meta is an extremist organization.

The move follows Meta’s decision last week to relax rules about exhortations to commit violence posted to its Facebook and Instagram properties – but only within Ukraine.

Facebook’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, justified the stance in the tweet below.

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Source: The Register