Mar 11, 2022
War in Ukraine: Facebook accused of 'extremism' over Russia policy
On Friday, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office called for a criminal investigation to be launched against Meta, citing Russian propaganda and extremism laws, according to a statement quoted by privately-owned news agency Interfax. The agency added that the Prosecutor General's Office had asked state media watchdog Roskomnadzor to restrict access to Instagram over the "Distribution of information materials containing calls to carry out violent actions against Russians, including servicemen". On 4 March, Roskomnadzor said it was blocking access to Facebook in Russia over "Discrimination" against Russian media. Calls for violence against Russians are also allowed when the post clearly references the invasion of Ukraine, the emails reportedly said. Russia announced last week that it was blocking Facebook and its platforms, citing 26 cases of "Discrimination" against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020.While access to the site had already been restricted in Russia, it was not completely unavailable.
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