Facebook and Meta company logos on smartphone and monitor screensMOSCOW, Mar 16 Instagram users are launching a flash mob to boycott Meta after the company allowed calls for violence against Russians.»Meta has officially allowed calls for violence against Russians. We have decided to boycott Meta because the problem of violence can never be solved with another call for violence. Join us . Share this post. Say #NoToMeta,» a post posted on Instagram by a number of users says. In light of the events in Ukraine, Meta Platforms has temporarily lifted the ban on incitement to violence against the Russian military on social networks Facebook and Instagram, a press release said earlier. company secretary Andy Stone. Reuters even reported that the new policy also allows death calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. However, then the vice president of the company, Nick Clegg, said that Meta would not allow calls for the assassination of heads of state to appear on its Facebook and Instagram social networks. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation announced that it was asking the court to recognize Meta ) extremist organization and ban its activities in Russia.
