Authorities in Russia have taken another step to control the country's social media use.
Its financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has now
added US giant, Meta -- the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
-- to its list of terrorist and extremist organisations.
Moscow has restricted access to Facebook and Instagram,
although many Russian users still access them using virtual private networks
(VPNs), demand for which skyrocketed as some Western internet services were
blocked in March.
Officials have regularly said Meta's "extremist"
tag does not extend to its WhatsApp messenger service.
Lawyers and digital rights groups have, however, reported
that Facebook and Instagram users are being warned over some posts.
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