The decision will not apply to the company s WhatsApp messaging service as the court said the platform has a lack of functionality for the public dissemination of information .
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A Moscow court has banned the use of Facebook and Instagram in Russia. The judges call the activities of the companies 'extremist', writes the Russian news site TASS. The use of WhatsApp, the chat service of Facebook parent company Meta, remains allowed.