Hot on the heels of a nationwide Facebook ban last week, Russia has announced a forthcoming ban on Instagram starting March 14, 2022. Both Instagram and Facebook are properties of the parent company, Meta.
The official announcement came from the Russian communication agency, Roskomnadzor, who accused Meta of allowing posts on Instagram calling for violence against Russian citizens.
Not just banned, criminalized
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In addition to the ban, Russian authorities have gone a step further, labeling both Facebook and Instagram as “extremist” entities, making it a criminal offense for either to operate in Russia.
What about other popular apps?
Meta also owns the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, which as of press time, has not been banned. Twitter, which is not a Meta property, was also banned last week, around the same time as Facebook.
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