Russian authorities have called for the blocking of Instagram, following a policy change where the platform said it would allow threats of violence targeting Russian soldiers.
According to a report on Russian news agency TASS, Alexander Kninshtein, the leader of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, said Instagram should be banned if it is true that its policies were changed to allow users to post threats of violence towards Russian soldiers.
“If Meta confirms this fact or declines to comment, that will be a reason for Roskomnadzor and other colleagues to take the toughest measures,” Khinshtein told TASS. “My opinion is that the work of Instagram in Russia in this case should be blocked, like what’s happened to Facebook.”
In a statement, Roskomndazor asked Meta to confirm or refute reports of the policy change “as soon as possible” and then announced that it was banning the platform.
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