A Russian court has banned Facebook and Instagram after declaring their parent company, Meta, is 'extremist.'
A Russian court has banned Facebook and Instagram after declaring their parent company, Meta, is"extremist."
Moscow's Tverskoi District Court ruled on Monday to uphold a lawsuit filed by Russian state prosecutors to ban Meta within its legal territories, according to the court's press service.Meta's lawyer, Victoria Shagina, pushed back against the lawsuit in court by saying the company was not engaging in extremist activities, according to Interfax News Agency. Shagina also argued Meta was doing all it could to discourage Russophobia.
The Russian"extremist" category has been applied to terrorist groups like the Islamic State and less provocative religious groups like Jehovah's Witnesses. Putin critic Alexei Navalny and his allies are also considered extremists under Russia's current laws.
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