Russian court bans Facebook and Instagram under new ‘extremism’ law

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A Russian court has banned Facebook and Instagram after declaring their parent company, Meta, is “extremist.”

While Russia had already restricted access to Instagram and Facebook, this will be the first ruling within the country using its “anti-extremism” laws to ban a foreign tech firm.

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