Meta Plans to Ban the Russian TV Network RT NYT | Top Stories By: Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel 17 September 2024 at 13:21 The Facebook and Instagram owner said it would bar Russian media outlets including RT, which the U.S. has accused of acting as an intelligence arm. © Jim Wilson/The New York TimesMeta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said the ban would take place in the coming days.