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From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 14, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 14, 2022
Russia officially blocks access to Instagram
Russia has blocked the social media network Instagram as of midnight Monday, The Kremlin’s TASS media service says.
Russia’s media regulator said Friday it would restrict access by Monday to hugely popular Instagram because it contains “calls to commit violent acts.” That came a day after Meta confirmed a temporary easing of its rules to allow calls to violence like “death to the Russian invaders.”
It has already blocked Meta flagship Facebook, along with Twitter.
The government censor urges Russians to sign up for homebrewed social media networks such as VKontakt and Odnoklassniki, TASS says.
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