Russian regulator Roskomnadzor is due from March 14 in response to Instagram umbrella company Meta’s decision to temporarily allow users in some countries to call for violence against Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers. announced that the social media platform will be blocked in the country from now on.
The restriction will start from March 14
Meta announced that they have decided to change their content policies and allow some shared violence against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is normally prohibited, and that this decision has been changed. He stated that it was evaluated as an expression of self-defense in response to the occupation, but that such discourses against the Russian people were excluded from this decision and this is still prohibited. After this decision, Meta also responded from Russia.
Roskomnadzor announced the current development in its Telegram account, that there are messages promoting and inciting violent acts against Russians on Instagram, and therefore access to the platform will be restricted on March 14 at 00:00.
After Russia’s decision, Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared on Twitter: “On Monday, Instagram will be blocked in Russia. This decision was made because 80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. “It will separate 80 million people in Russia from each other and from the rest of the world. This is wrong.”
The EU wants to reduce its energy ties with Russia.
While many technology companies and social media platforms impose sanctions against Ruya, Russia is responding. Before the decision, Instagram had recently announced that they had started to block access to the country, Facebook and Twitter.
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