The parent company of social networks Meta was recognized as an extremist organization.
Russians are not banned from using the social networks Instagram and Facebook, despite the fact that their parent company Meta has been recognized as an extremist organization in the aggressor country. This is stated in the decision of the Tver district court of Moscow, according to “Medusa”.
The decision says that Meta was recognized as an extremist organization in Russia, and its social networks were banned. But the ban on Facebook and Instagram does not restrict the actions of individuals and legal entities in their use.
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“These judicial protection measures do not restrict the use of Meta's software products by individuals and legal entities that do not participate in activities prohibited by law,” the court said in a statement.
It will be recalled that after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Meta temporarily allowed Facebook and Instagram users from some countries to publish calls for violence against the Russian military, as well as calls for the deaths of Russian President Vladimir Putin and self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Permission to publish the death toll was later revoked.
The Prosecutor General's Office demanded that Roskomnadzor block the Instagram social network in the territory of the aggressor country , as “this network distributes publications calling for violence against Russian citizens, including servicemen.” Instagram blocking in Russia started on March 14.
Facebook has been blocked in the country since March 4 for “applying censorship to the Russian media.”
