Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, decided to ban all kinds of Russian Media Outlets from its famous platform citing grave ...

The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, said late Monday that it will roll out the ban over the next few days in an escal...

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...

Moscow has clashed with foreign technology companies over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that in...

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...

Daria Kasatkina, who is currently Russia's number one singles player, opened up in an interview with blogger Vitya Kravchenko.

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...

Instagram's app was not refreshing without a VPN connection on Monday, AFP journalists said. The social network also appeared on a list of ...

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

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...