Russian regulators say internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram. The moves comes after Meta said it is temporarily changing its hate speech policy to allow calls for violence against Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion.
FILE - This combination of images shows logos for companies from left, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing big tech companies to decide how to handle state-controlled media outlets that spread propaganda and misinformation on behalf of the invaders.
FILE - This combination of images shows logos for companies from left, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing big tech companies to decide how to handle state-controlled media outlets that spread propaganda and misinformation on behalf of the invaders. — Russian regulators said Friday that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it’s being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers, in Moscow’s latest move to tighten up access to foreign social platforms.that it’s restricting national access to Instagram because the platform is spreading “calls to commit violent acts against Russian citizens, including military personnel.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms, which also owns Instagram, didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment.by Meta spokesman Andy Stone conveying a company statement saying it had “made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules on violent speech, such as ‘death to the Russian invaders’.
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