In Russia, Meta was officially recognized as a terrorist organization: now you can go to jail there for posting on Facebook or Instagram

Rosfinmonitoring included the Meta company in the register of extremists and terrorists, and posts on the company’s social networks “can be considered a form of participation in an extremist organization,” reports Present Tense.

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In March of this year, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow declared Meta an "extremist organization""and decided to immediately begin blocking the social networks Facebook and Instagram, which belong to it.

According to the authorities, the company “posted information that contained calls for violence against Russian citizens and military personnel.” This happened after Meta stopped removing in some countries threats and calls for violence against the Russian military expressed on Facebook and Instagram, as well as death wishes for Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. Later, only users from Ukraine were allowed to write such posts.

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Experts believe that the decision to declare Meta an “extremist organization” was directly related to the war in Ukraine. By blocking social networks, the Kremlin is trying to prevent Russian residents from receiving alternative information about what is happening in Ukraine using social networks.

Now the use by citizens and companies of Facebook and Instagram can be recognized as extremism. Russians will be held accountable for using these platforms.

Punishment for such activity can be up to 12 years in prison in the most severe cases, or a fine of up to $12.

In court, Timur Abregov, a representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office, also stated that Meta ignored requests from Russian authorities and allowed users to “wish death on the Russians” for the war they started. Abregov, in particular, stated that “Meta created an alternative reality for its users, in which there is only aggressive rhetoric against Russian citizens,” and turned into a political tool and “a tool for extremist activities.”

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In April 2022, the head of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, was banned from entering Russia. He was included in the list of Americans “from among senior leaders, businessmen, experts and journalists shaping the Russophobic agenda,” the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

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