Russia finds Meta guilty of 'extremist activity' but WhatsApp can stay


FILE PHOTO Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebooks new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/

(Reuters) -A Moscow court said on Monday that Meta was guilty of "extremist activity", but the ruling will not affect its WhatsApp messenger service, focusing on the U.S. firm's already-banned Facebook and Instagram social networks.

Meta did not respond to requests for comment after Moscow's Tverskoi District Court said in a press statement that it had upheld a lawsuit filed by state prosecutors on banning the company's activities on Russian territory.

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