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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Widens Social Media Crackdown by Blocking Instagram

This photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device on Aug. 23, 2019. (AP)

Russian regulators said Friday that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it's being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers, in Moscow's latest move to tighten up access to foreign social platforms.

The communications and media regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that it's restricting national access to Instagram because the platform is spreading “calls to commit violent acts against Russian citizens, including military personnel.”

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