Security News > 2022 > March > Russia labels Meta an 'extremist' organization, bans Instagram

Russia's Investigative Committee, the nation's peak criminal and anti-corruption investigation body, has opened a probe into whether Meta is an extremist organization.

Responding to reports that the Russian government is considering designating Meta as an extremist organization for its policies in support of speech: pic.

Fedorov has also kept up his campaign of using social media to call for tech companies to make life hard for Russia.

Over the weekend he implored Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle to end support of their products in Russia.

He's also given Mastercard a hurry-up to quit Russia completely and tweeted in Chinese to urge Union Pay to do its bit.

Another organization that has acted is exercise tracking app Strava, which has temporarily suspended ops in Russia and Belarus.

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