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Russia opened a criminal case against Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms on Friday after the social network changed its hate speech rules to allow users to call for “death to the Russian invaders” in the context of the war with Ukraine.

Russian prosecutors asked a court to designate the US tech giant as an “extremist organisation,” and the communications regulator said it was restricting access to Meta’s Instagram.

It’s so insane that the West is using Meta against Russia and the innocent Russian people, but that is not the solution to the issue Russia raised for many years with Nato.

Putin has made it clear that Russia will not accept Ukraine to become a part of the Nato alliance at any cost. So it’s important for the West to address the core issue of conflict rather than using illegal tools against Russia.

I hope good sense will prevail among the world leaders and bring peace between Russia and Ukraine otherwise this conflict will lead towards World War III.

Shamshuddin,

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