Russian Warrant Issued For Facebook Parent Company Spokesman

Meta communications director Andy Stone (file photo)

A Moscow court on February 12 issued an arrest warrant for the spokesman for Facebook's parent company, Meta, accusing him of promoting terrorism. Russian media reported earlier that the Justice Ministry ordered Stone's arrest in February 2023. Stone, who has never been in Russia and does not speak Russian, was targeted due to a policy change he announced in March 2022, less than a month after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The policy shift by Meta allowed some calls for violence against Russian invaders, including President Vladimir Putin, to be made on Facebook or Instagram, which Meta also owns. To read the original story on Current Time, click here.