The restrictions will go into effect at the end of the day Sunday, giving Russian users 'an additional 48 hours' to transfer their photos and videos to other social networks.
Russia's government body responsible for censorship, Roskomnadzor, has increasingly restricted access to foreign social media platforms and independent news organizations to Russian citizens. Roskomnadzor's most recent action is blocking Instagram access, alleging that the app is being used to call for violence against Russia.
"Messages are circulating on the Instagram social network encouraging and provoking violent acts against Russians, in connection with which the Russian Prosecutor General's Office demanded that Roskomnadzor restrict access to this social network,"The restrictions will go into effect at the end of the day Sunday, giving Russian users"an additional 48 hours" to transfer their photos and videos to other social networks and notify their contacts and subscribers, the...
On Monday, Instagram will be blocked in Russia. This decision will cut 80 million in Russia off from one another, and from the rest of the world as ~80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. This is wrong.
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