Russia will ban Instagram in the country from March 14, citing 'calls for violence against Russians' on the platform

According to the agency's website, Russia will ban the photo sharing website from March 14.

The statement released on Friday states that the procedure for imposing restrictions on access to the photo-sharing service was completed on March 14.

The decision comes a week after Russia blocked access to Facebook, which the communications agency said was a result of Meta making, and an unprecedented decision by allowing the posting of information containing calls for violence against Russian citizens.

Meta did not respond immediately to Insider's request for comment, which was made outside of normal working hours.

Adam Mosseri, the head of the photo sharing website, said on Friday that 80 million Russians will be cut off from one another.

—Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) March 11, 2022

According to Insider, Russia's Prosecutor General's Office asked Meta to be labeled as an Extremist organization.

Meta had created exemptions in its hate speech rules to temporarily allow Facebook and Instagram users to call for the death of President Putin, as well as violence against Russian soldiers.