The ban, which came from a decision by Judge
Meta-owned
Prosecutors said that individuals who use the platforms in
"The use of Meta's products by individuals and legal entities should not be considered as participation in extremist activities," a spokesman for the Prosecutor General's Office told
Last week, Russian regulators cut off access to Instagram for about 80 million users, arguing that Meta was allowing posts that provoke acts of violence against Russian troops in
Roskomnadzor, the country's communication regulator, had said that Instagram would be blocked after Meta said it would allow Ukrainians to continue posting sometimes violent messages in opposition to the Russian military.
The regulator previously blocked access to
Earlier this month,
"If we applied our standard content policies without any adjustments, we would now be removing content from ordinary Ukrainians expressing their resistance and fury at the invading military forces, which would rightly be viewed as unacceptable," Clegg said in a statement.
"To be clear, we are only going to apply this policy in
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