Russia follows through on its threat to ban Instagram
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What you need to know Russia has banned and blocked Instagram from being used in its country. Instagram says 80 million users are now without access to its service. Russian influencers spent the weekend telling people to download VPN software to avoid the ban. 80 million Russians can no longer access Instagram. Just as it said it would last week, Russia has now blocked access to Instagram for the 80 million people who used it in the country. The move, which was threatened last week, was confirmed by internet monitoring service GlobalCheck and The Verge. The ban comes after Meta said it would allow Facebook and Instagram users to call for violence against Russian invaders, something that would normally be against its rules. The temporary change in policy only applies to specific instances, according to a Reuters report. Meta confirmed to The Verge that a change had been made. As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms of pol...