Extremist

A judge in a Moscow court said on Monday that Instagram and Facebook were guilty of “extremist” activity, a ban on both platforms that went into effect earlier this month, Reuters. But the court also spared Whatsapp — one of Meta’s…

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Image: NurPhoto (Getty Images)Facebook owner Meta has officially become “extremist organization” in the Russian government’s eyes after a judge upheld a lawsuit by state prosecutors. The Russian government had reclassified Meta following…