Meta spokesman Andy Stone is wanted in russia

Meta spokesman Andy Stone is wanted in russia

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 26 2023, 11:45 AM • 45785 views

The russian ministry of internal affairs issued a federal warrant and arrested in absentia Meta spokesman Andy Stone over Meta's policy of allowing users to call for the "death of russian occupiers".

The Ministry of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Andy Stone on the federal wanted list and arrested him in absentia. Stone, who is a spokesman for Meta, which includes Facebook This was reported by UNN with reference to RosZmі.

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It is reported that a card with Stone's data allegedly appeared in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted list; and it is also noted that Stone Andy Mark, born in 1981, is wanted under article of the Criminal Code.

According to the publication Mediaphone, citing data in the agency's database, Andy Stone is being prosecuted in absentia by the Russian Federation under under the article on terrorism (part 2 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). It is alleged that it is under this article article, the Investigative Committee initiated the case on March 11, 2022, due to the decision of Meta's decision not to block Facebook and Instagram users calling for "the death of Russian invaders". The decision was announced by Stone himself.

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We have temporarily made permissible forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules, including violent rhetoric such as "death to Russian invaders." We will not allow calls for violence against Russian civilians," he said.

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