In October 2022, Russia listed Meta as a "terrorist and extremist" organisation, opening possible criminal investigations and fines for use...

Russia has hugely cracked down on media and social media freedom since launching its Ukraine offensive last year and banning criticism of i...

Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app - wh...

Russia in late March banned Facebook and Instagram for "carrying out extremist activities" after authorities accused Meta of tolerating "Ru...

Russia banned Facebook and Instagram in March, finding Meta guilty of "extremist activity" amid Moscow's crackdown on social media during i...

Tech companies are frequently slapped with fines by Russia for not deleting content on the request of authorities.

The Russian foreign ministry said the travel restrictions on 29 Americans and 61 Canadians -- which also includes defence officials, busine...

Russia has already banned Facebook for restricting access to Russian media while Instagram was blocked after Meta said it would allow socia...

The court was considering a request by prosecutors to designate Meta -- the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp -- as an "ex...

A Meta spokesperson confirmed it had temporarily eased its rules for political speech, allowing posts such as "death to the Russian invader...

The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said there had been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020, including...

For the tech companies, the stand-off is the latest step in an ongoing confrontation with Russia where platforms risk government-imposed re...

For the tech companies, the stand-off is the latest step in an ongoing confrontation with Russia where platforms risk government-imposed re...

Russia’s media regulator has drawn up a new protocol to penalise the US social media giant for repeatedly failing “to remove information da...

State communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Facebook's repeated violations could see it fined 5% or 10% of its annual Russian turnover...

Moscow wants foreign internet firms to open full-fledged offices in Russia and to store Russians' personal data on its territory. On Tuesda...

A Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). It wasn't immediat...