Moscow’s Basmanny Court arrested Meta press secretary Stone in absentia – Kommersant
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The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested in absentia the press secretary of Meta (recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation and banned) Andy Stone, who is accused by Russian security forces of facilitating terrorist activities (Part 2 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Andy Stone was previously announced on the international wanted list.
IN card In the case of Andy Stone, the website of the Basmanny Court indicates that the decision to arrest him was made on November 24 at the request of the prosecutor’s office. Today, November 27, an appeal against this decision was filed – by whom exactly, it is not specified.
On March 11, 2022, Reuters, citing internal Meta correspondence, reported that the company decided not to temporarily stop the publication of calls for violence against the Russian military and authorities on its sites.
Andy Stone later clarified on Twitter that Meta was temporarily allowing forms of political expression that would normally be considered a violation of the social network’s rules, such as violent speech. However, he emphasized that Meta still does not allow the publication of calls for violence against Russian civilians.
On the same day, the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) opened a criminal case “in connection with illegal calls for murder and violence against Russian citizens by employees of the American company Meta.” The Investigative Committee then stated that it would give a legal assessment of the actions of Andy Stone and other employees of the corporation. The department considered that their actions contained signs of crimes under Art. 280 and 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Public calls for extremist activities”; “Promotion of terrorist activities”).
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