“Blogger Council” asked to unblock Facebook and Instagram in Russia

In March of this year, the work of the Meta company was blocked in Russia for ignoring extremist statements

in relation to the Russians.The world-famous and popular social networks Facebook and Instagram were banned, which hit both ordinary Russians and bloggers, some of whom lost their main income. Today, the Council of Bloggers under the Federation Council appealed to Vladimir Putin through Dmitry Medvedev with a request to lift the ban on the above-mentioned social networks in Russia.

According to the signatories of the appeal, Facebook andInstagram is a platform for promoting Russia’s interests in the context of an information war, which domestic social networks cannot replace, and they are also an “effective channel for creating a positive image of Russia”. In addition, SB points out the problem of protecting personal data when using VPN services, and also emphasizes the benefits of these resources for charity.

According to a source citing a representativeDmitry Medvedev, the letter from the Council of Bloggers has not yet been received. But the Federation Council stated that the Council of Bloggers does not exist, and Valeria Rytvinova, who is one of the initiators of the letter to Putin, was excluded from the list of experts at the Federation Council for systematic violation of regulations and statements on behalf of the “non-existent” council of bloggers. In this regard, we can say that the initiative is unlikely to receive a legislative response, so Facebook and Instagram will remain banned.

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According to Vedomosti materials | Council of the Federation