Russo-Ukraine War: Instagram is no longer available in Russia. read here

The move comes after Facebook and Twitter were blocked in early March, as part of a broader effort by Moscow to control the information available to Russians about its military operation in Ukraine. Agency France-Press noted.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri tweeted last week, “On Monday, there will be Instagram” blocked in russia, This decision will cut off 80 million in Russia from each other and from the rest of the world because ~80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. this is wrong.”

Instagram on Monday appeared in the list of “banned” online resources in the list published by russian Media regulator Roskomnadzor. Instagram app was not refreshing without VPN AFP journalists said.

For many small Russian businesses, Instagram was a major platform for advertising, processing sales and communicating with customers. Facebook and Instagram are widely used in Russia, with the latter being the most popular social media platform among young Russians.

Meanwhile, Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Sunday it was further easing its content moderation policy for Ukraine to restrict calls for the head of state’s death, according to an internal company post. Reuters,

came after the step Reuters It was reported last week that Meta was temporarily allowing certain posts on Facebook and Instagram to the deaths of Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

after Reuters Reportedly, Meta said on Friday that a temporary change to its content policy, which is applicable only to Ukraine, was needed to allow users to resist Russia’s attack. On the same day, Russia opened a criminal case against the social media firm.

(with inputs from agencies)