Russia Set to Ban Instagram from March 14th

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communication agency announced that it will be banning Social Media Platform- Instagram on March 14th in Russia. The agency in its statement on Friday said: "Roskomnadzor decided to complete the procedure for imposing restrictions on access to Instagram at 00:00 on March 14, providing users with an additional 48 hours of transition period." Russia has previously imposed a ban on Facebook citing Meta making "an unprecedented decision by allowing the posting of information containing calls for violence against Russian citizens." The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri tweeted that because of this decision 80 million Russians will be cut off from one another, and "from the rest of the world." Also, Russia's Prosecutor General's Office asked Meta to be labeled as an "extremist organization" under Russian law. Earlier, Meta announced to stop Russian state-sponsored media content on its platform. It also announced to limit its services in Russia. Other than this, Meta also announced a relief package to the war affected Ukraine.