Russia on Tuesday placed Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram on its list of extremists and terrorist organisations.
Russian news agency Tass reported that Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring placed the US corporation Meta on its list of extremists and terrorists. The corporation is listed under the name of Meta Platforms Inc by the agency on its website, the agency reported.
A Moscow court in March declared social network platforms Instagram and Facebook extremist and banned them across the country. The court in June rejected Meta's appeal against declaring it a terrorist organisation. In court, Meta's lawyer at the time said Meta was not carrying out the extremist activity and was against Russophobia, Reuters reported.
