80 million people in Russia would lose access to Instagram on Monday – India Today

The move to ban Instagram in the country comes a day after Facebook allowed posts that called for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Courtesy: ReutersHIGHLIGHTSRussia is all set to ban Instagram and the head Adam Mosseri is not happy about it.Instagram will banned in the country starting Monday, March 14.Russia has already blocked Facebook but it will not ban WhatsApp.Russia is all set to ban Instagram and the head Adam Mosseri is not happy about it. The move to ban Instagram in the country comes a day after Facebook allowed posts that called for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin in countries including Russia, Ukraine, and Poland, according to internal emails to its content moderators. “On Monday, Instagram will be blocked in Russia. This decision will cut 80 million in Russia off from one another, and from the rest of the world, as 80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. This is wrong,” Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, wrote on Twitter.Previously, a Meta spokesperson had said that the company had made temporary allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate Facebook’s hate speech guidelines, such as ‘death to the Russian invaders.…
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