Russia today included the tech giant Goalarray of Facebook, Instagram Y WhatsAppon the list of terrorist and extremist organizations.
Meta entered the list drawn up by the Russian financial supervisor, Rosfinmonitoring, therefore, said multinational will not be able to dispose of the money to finance its activities in this country.
The Russian Justice prohibited the activities of the technological giant last March, after which the activities of Facebook and Instagram were blocked, a measure that did not affect WhatsApp.
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The Attorney General’s Office sued to veto Meta’s activities after it temporarily lifted the ban residents of various countries to publish information calling for violence against Russian citizens in the wake of the “special military operation” launched by the Kremlin in Ukraine.
In a statement, company spokesman Andy Stone explained that the exceptions were allowed on a temporary basis due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine if they did not include “credible” death threats against Russian civilians.
However, Meta allowed calls for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, issued from Ukraine, Poland and Russia itself.
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