Russia adds Meta to list of ‘terrorist and extremist’ groups
Russia had banned Facebook and Instagram in March after accusing their parent company of tolerating ‘Russophobia’. Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to its list of “terrorists and extremists”, the Interfax news agency has reported. Russia in late March banned Facebook and Instagram for “carrying out extremist activities” after authorities accused Meta of tolerating “Russophobia” during Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Instagram is particularly popular in Russia and is an important platform for The decision on Tuesday puts Meta on the same list as right-wing nationalist groups; foreign “terrorist organisations”, including the Taliban; and Russian opposition groups.
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