Russia Adds Meta To List Of Terrorist Organizations

Exhibiting the Instagram and Facebook logos, or advertising on those platforms, could be considered illegal under Russian law. Furthermore, Russia has added Meta to list of terrorist organizations.

Rosfinmonitoring, Russia's financial surveillance body, has placed American tech company Meta Platforms Inc. (META.O) to its list of "terrorists and extremists", Russian news outlets revealed on Tuesday.

In June, a Moscow court dismissed Meta's appeal after the company was deemed guilty of "extremist activity" in Russia in March. Meta's counsel at the time stated in court that Meta was not involved in extremist activity and was opposed to Russophobia.

Rosfinmonitoring's list concerns "organisations and individuals with regard to which there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism".

Moscow has limited entry to Facebook and Instagram, however numerous Russian users continue to browse them using virtual private networks (VPNs), which hav...

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