A Moscow military court has sentenced Andy Stone, the spokesperson for Meta Platforms, to six years in prison in absentia for 'publicly defending terrorism.' The charges stem from Stone's comments made in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where he defended the company's decision to relax rules on hate speech in response to the conflict. Concurrently, Meta has been designated as an extremist organization by Russia since the invasion. In a related crackdown on dissent, a Moscow resident was sentenced to five years of correctional labor for anti-war comments made during a street interview with the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Incredible scenes as Meta flak Andy Stone has been sentenced by Russia to spend six years in a penal colony in absentia https://t.co/LcbkrDiFAW
In #Russia, a Moscow resident has been sentenced to five years of correctional labour on charges linked to a street interview he gave to the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) news outlet: https://t.co/XyC2cyXHmd
Meta comms chief handed six year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' https://t.co/CRmyVyso78
Who is #Meta's #AndyStone? Jailed for 6 years in absentia by #Russia for ‘terrorism’ https://t.co/ztlVDeteD1 https://t.co/xl1RwechQ5
The charges against Meta communications director Andy Stone stem from his remarks in 2022 following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 that year. https://t.co/jYvUPDyPsy
Russia hands Meta PR boss six-year jail sentence Andy Stone has been charged with ‘justifying terrorism’ in a post defending the company’s decision to relax rules on hate speech https://t.co/Qqe0NvDVMq https://t.co/0SLsMJ5KuX
A Russian court sentenced Meta spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for 'publicly defending terrorism', a verdict handed down in absentia. Meta itself is designated an extremist organization in Russia since 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine https://t.co/QG0hoBu5MM https://t.co/Dq58LZUAss
Russian court sentences Meta spokesperson to 6 years in absentia https://t.co/NZfRoaWHoP
Russian court sentences Meta spokesperson in absentia to six years in prison https://t.co/UCmW28E8Wa
A court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in absentia, an independent Russian news site reported. https://t.co/coKbWR68O5
Andy Stone is accused of 'publicly defending terrorism' after Meta allowed 'forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules' following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/R6ErGs13Nf
🚨 META SPOKESPERSON SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON - LUCKILY, HE ISN’T IN RUSSIA Andy Stone, the spokesperson for Meta Platforms, has been sentenced in absentia to 6 years in prison by a Moscow military court for “publicly defending terrorism.” This decision comes as Meta is… https://t.co/c738z1liNQ
Russia Sentences Meta Spokesman to 6 Years in Prison for 'Justification of Terrorism' https://t.co/lvAT9VOCaJ https://t.co/zTaPbavyma
Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia https://t.co/wLvtRX07PN https://t.co/IgW9Iz2l5K
In #Russia, a Moscow military court has sentenced @Meta spokesman Andy Stone to six years in prison in absentia on “terrorism” charges linked to the company’s wartime content moderation policy. https://t.co/VN8sMDWWQY
A Russian court has sentenced a Meta spokesman in absentia to six years in prison for "publicly defending terrorism," reportedly over posts regarding the war in Ukraine: https://t.co/cNMJKZntAQ https://t.co/9vdLs3g3QJ
Russia orders jail term for Meta spokesman in absentia on ‘terrorism’ charges https://t.co/1dh7uxH8Ns
The perils of vox pop in Russia: a Moscow man is sentenced to five years of community service (he narrowly avoided prison time) for condemning Russian atrocities in Ukraine when speaking on the street to RFE/RL. He saved his own skin by gushing remorse. https://t.co/G7rSrFRSYF
A Moscow court has sentenced a man to five years of community service for expressing supposed “disinformation” about the Russian military in comments he made to journalists in a street interview nearly two years ago. https://t.co/YQqtdJSIN2
Russian Court Sentences Meta Spokesperson To Six Years in Absentia, Calls Meta 'Extremist Organisation' https://t.co/4IUFLoegaN
A Moscow military court has sentenced Meta spokesman @andymstone to six years in prison in absentia for a post on X in which he was alleged to have publicly justified terrorism. https://t.co/mHHCffwrhM
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⚠️ RUSSIAN MAN GETS 5 YEARS LABOUR FOR STREET INTERVIEW ABOUT UKRAINE WAR Full Story → https://t.co/oiTjwbcIrg A Russian man was sentenced to five years' forced labour on Monday for spreading "deliberately false information" about the army in a street interview with…
⚡Russia sentences Meta spokesperson in absentia for 'justifying terrorism'. Russia sentenced Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia to six years imprisonment on the charge of "justifying terrorism," Russian state news agency TASS said on April 22. https://t.co/UKOQll6Zhc
Russian court sentences Meta spokesperson to six years in absentia for “publicly defending terrorism” https://t.co/IrCfsBxlRV
A military court in Moscow sentenced Meta Platforms spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for 'publicly defending terrorism,' a verdict handed down in absentia, RIA news agency reported https://t.co/QG0hoBuDCk https://t.co/Y1V7Lmmo6V
Annals of Russian repression: A Muscovite who gave some anti-war comments to Radio Free Europe in 2022 is now facing 5 and a half years in prison for making them https://t.co/QC3YvfLdOD
Annals of Russian repression: A Muscovite who gave some anti-war comments to Radio Free Europe in 2022 is now facing 5 and a half years in prison for making them. Serious chilling effects on journalists just doing simple vox pops https://t.co/QC3YvfLdOD
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