Russia bans ‘extremist’ Facebook and Instagram
22 March 2022 |
12:01 pm
Facebook and Instagram's parent company, Meta, has been designated as an "extremist" organization by a Russian court. But Meta's WhatsApp is excluded from the ban.
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