They say Instagram will be blocked in Russia because of the violence of the calls.
A company that owns Instagram said that some people in some countries would use it to call for violence against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian troops.
It will be okay for people to post things like “death to the Russian invaders,” even though they usually break the rules. In response to the meta-shift policy, Russia asked the US to stop using social media as a way for extremists to spread their message.
As a result of this, the Russian prosecutor general’s office said that a criminal investigation should be launched against Meta because Russian propaganda and extremism laws said that Meta violated these laws.
State media watchdog Rosokomnadzor had been asked by the prosecutor general’s office to stop people from getting information about violence against Russians, including servicemen, from being spread on Instagram. Meanwhile, Roskomnadzor said that Facebook was being blocked in Russia because it was being discriminated against.
There is no doubt that Meta owns Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp. If you want to talk to someone, you can use WhatsApp instead of a social network. So, this has been coming for a long time now.
The Russian government has been very dangerous in banning platforms like Instagram and Facebook from their country. While declaring a major tech company an extremist organization is a drastic move, many ordinary people are unlikely to feel the implications of today’s announcement.
Facebook and Instagram have already been cut off in the country because Moscow thinks they’re making up stories about an invasion of Ukraine that they don’t want to believe.
Instagram is very popular in Russia, and small businesses and bloggers who write about living a good life use it all the time. As a side note, Russia knows how to use a virtual private network, which could cut off a large number of people from some of the most popular sites.
Policy Shift:
Reuters, a news agency, said that it had seen internal emails about a change in policy at Meta. Meta said that they had changed their policy after this. Those who have been affected by war can now express their anger at invading armed forces for a short time.
“In light of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, we made a temporary exception for those who have been affected by war to express their anger at invading armed forces,” said the BBC.
Those who have been affected by war can now express their anger at invading armed forces for a short time.
“In light of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, we made a temporary exception for those who have been affected by war to express their anger at invading armed forces,” said the BBC.
The Belarusian President says that if people want to kill the leader, they can, as long as they also want to kill someone else. The Russian Embassy in the United States said at the same time that we want the US government to stop the extremist activities of Meta and bring the person who did them to justice.
Another thing the people said was that Facebook and Instagram didn’t give the people who run them the power to decide what is true and make countries fight with each other. So, YouTube blocked the Russian government’s YouTube channel.
This was a big move because it blocked access to Russia’s state-owned media all over the world. Thus, the policy does not allow anyone to deny, minimize, or cover up violent events. In the past, YouTube has also blocked this channel in Europe.
So, the meta spoke person said that the company was only for a short time and had low expectations, and praised the Azov Regiment for protecting Ukraine and also being the Ukraine national guard. So, it’s a hard choice.
According to Mosseri, 80 million Russians are offline, and 80 percent of Russians use Instagram. This is not true, he said.
Published By :- Tarsem singh
Edited By :- Soumyajit Dutta
