Rosfinmonitoring has included Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, as well as the protest movement Vesna, on the register of terrorists and extremists. This involves blocking the accounts of organizations.
In March, Meta was recognized as an «extremist organization» at the suit of the prosecutor's office after the company allowed users on the territory of Ukraine to leave posts that violated their rules, including «calling for the death of Russian invaders ”.
At the end of September, the St. Petersburg prosecutor demanded to ban the Vesna movement, which organized actions against the war in Ukraine, and temporarily suspended its activities until the lawsuit was considered by the court.
Mediazona could not find in the file cabinet of the St. Petersburg City Court that the claim was registered.
Russia vs. Meta. Court to recognize the owner of Facebook and Instagram as an extremist organization