Belarus has recognized the hashtag #freebelarus as extremist

The media reported that in Belarus the hashtag on Instagram* was recognized as extremist (*belongs to Meta, which, suddenly,

recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned). We are talking about the hashtag #freeBelarus. Discuss

It is noted that he became extremist inFebruary, but noticed it only now. The corresponding entry was found in the Republican list of extremist materials on the website of the Ministry of Information. From there, it follows that on February 11, 2022, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Gomel recognized as extremist the pages on social networks called “Free Belarus”, the telegram channel of the same name and the hashtag on Instagram.

According to The Village, 7371 publications can be found using this hashtag. They mark not only protest posts, but also photos with manicures, cats, etc.