Russia bans Instagram as promised, blocking access for 80 million users

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Russia's promised ban on Instagram has kicked into effect today, with the social media platform inaccessible for the vast majority of the country's population, according to internet monitoring service GlobalCheck. The country announced plans to ban Instagram last week, in response to parent company Meta's decision to allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russian soldiers following the country's invasion of Ukrain...