Nuked Roskomnadzor has placed a ban on Facebook in Russia. The country’s communications agency announced it will ban Instagram.
The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said in a tweet that’this decision will cut 80 million in Russia off from one another, and from the rest of the world’.
Instagram will be blocked in Russia on Monday. Decision will cut 80 million in Russia off from one another and from the rest of the world.
Google translated from Russian, the agency’s statement says. The agency says it is translated from the Russian. Google says it translated from Russia.
On March 11, meta platforms Inc. made an unprecedented decision by allowing the posting of information on its social networks Facebook and Instagram.
Messages are circulating on the Instagram social network encouraging and provoking violent acts against Russians. The Russian prosecutor general’s office demanded that Roskomnadzor restrict access to this social network.
It will take time for active Instagram users to transfer their photo and video materials to other social networks. Roskomnadzor decided to complete the procedure on March 14, providing users with an additional 48 hours of transition period period.
The government’s decision does not mention that Russian oligarchs have used Instagram to speak out against the invasion. In some instances, this extend to the children of oligarchs who have become influencers with large followings.
A report from Vice last summer noted a similar decision to temporarily allow content including’death to Khamenei’. The move follows a similar move in the country’s Southwest region of khuzestan.
Word of the ban is coming in just a few days after meta announced plans for Instagram to label state media outlets. In Russia and Ukraine, it’s’hiding information about people’s followers, who they’re following, and people who are following each other for private accounts based in these two countries’.
Russian state-owned media agency RIA Novosti says it will not apply to the also meta-owned platform WhatsApp. Earlier in the day, Russian government officials threatened a ban, demanding that meta confirm or refute the information.
Meta’s president of global affairs Nick Clegg said the company’s policies were’focused on protecting people’s right to speech’. If meta/instagram applied its standing policies without adjustment, we would now be removing content from ordinary Ukrainians expressing their resistance and fury’.
Clegg said the temporary policy would apply only within Ukraine. He added:’we have no quarrel with the Russian people’.
Added statement from meta president of global affairs Nick Clegg on March 11. Added statement to Twitter from Twitter president of the global affairs.
