Facebook and Instagram have been banned in Russia as “extremist”. A corresponding request from the Prosecutor General's Office was accepted by a court in Moscow.  

Facebook and Instagram are already blocked in Russia, but the messaging service WhatsApp, which also belongs to the US group Meta, is not said to be affected. /dpa

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