{"id":20422,"date":"2022-03-15T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=20422"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:17:30","slug":"demand-for-vpns-skyrockets-in-russia-after-instagram-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/demand-for-vpns-skyrockets-in-russia-after-instagram-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand For VPNs Skyrockets In Russia After Instagram Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ar-index=\"0\">Demand for VPNs is at an all-time high in Russia following the ban placed on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"1\">According to data monitoring firm Top10VPN, on the eve of the Instagram Ban, demand for VPNs spiked 2,088% higher than the daily average demand in mid-February.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"2\">Following the sections imposed on Russia by Meta, the Russian government reportedly restrict Meta&#8217;s Facebook operation in the country.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"3\">The recent decision to ban Instagram in Russia was in retaliation for a change in Meta&#8217;s policy on its platforms including Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"4\">Meta&#8217;s adjusted policy allows users in Ukraine to post messages such as &#8220;Death to the Russian invaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"5\">Explaining why it was closing down Instagram, state communications regulator Roskomnadzor described Meta&#8217;s actions as a breach of international law.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"6\">&#8220;We need to ensure the psychological health of citizens, especially children, and adolescents, to protect them from harassment and insults online,&#8221; Roskomnadzor stated.<\/p>\n<p data-ar-index=\"7\">For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/russia-demands-that-us-stop-metas-extremist-activities-2022-03-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original story<\/a> in Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand for VPNs is at an all-time high in Russia following the ban placed on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-20422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-networks","tag-instagram"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20437,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20422\/revisions\/20437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}