
Russia has recognized some Western social networks as extremist due to the fact that their administration considered content with calls to kill Russians as normal, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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In 2022, the Meta company was recognized as extremist in Russia.
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After 2022, Russia has recognized some Western social networks as extremist.
In 2022, the company Meta, which owns the social networks Facebook and Instagram, was recognized as extremist in Russia.
According to Zakharova, the administration of Western platforms considered content related to calls for the murder of Russians to be normal.
MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. After 2022, Russia has recognized some Western social networks as extremist because their administration considered calls for the murder of Russians normal, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
In 2022, the company Meta*, which owns the social networks Facebook* and Instagram*, was recognized as extremist in Russia.
“We saw how calls for the murder of Russians are not moderated in any way. Moreover, these Western platforms turn to their users and say that they do not remove such content related to the call for the murder of Russians, because they consider it normal,” Zakharova said at the II Global Digital Forum.
“We simply had no other option but to emphasize the extremist nature of such actions and ideology,” Zakharova noted.
The second Global Digital Forum is taking place in Moscow on October 8-10. RIA Novosti is the general information partner of the forum.
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