Instagram to be banned in Russia from Monday"Roskomnadzor decided to complete the procedure for imposing restrictions on access to Instagram at 00:00 on March 14"
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Russia has decided to ban Instagram.
It follows a decision by Meta not to restrict calls for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers.
The service will stop working from midnight on March 14.
Russia is set to ban Instagram in the country, following Meta's confession it would not restrict calls for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers on its platform.
State media watchdog Roskomnadzor announced:
As you know, on March 11, Meta Platforms Inc. made an unprecedented decision, allowing on its social networks Facebook and Instagram the posting of information containing calls for violence against Russian citizens.
In the social network Instagram, messages are spreading that encourage and provoke the commission of violent acts against Russians, in connection with which the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia demanded th...
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Instagram to be banned in Russia from Monday
