Russia blocks Instagram.

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March 11, 2022 4:56 pmby Toma Istomina

Russia's Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications has blocked Instagram after its parent company, Meta, said it would relax its hate speech policy, allowing calls for violence against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

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Author: Toma Istomina

Toma Istomina is the deputy chief editor of the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked for the Kyiv Post from 2017-2021, first as a staff writer, later taking editor roles. For co-founding the Kyiv Independent, Toma was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2022. She holds a master’s in international broadcasting from Taras Shevchenko University.

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