Attack of the Trolls: Russian Firm Fights Back With a Suit Against Facebook
A Russian organization whose members have been accused of meddling in the 2016 election sued Facebook on Tuesday, claiming its page was unfairly removed from the platform.
November 20, 2018 at 06:49 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
A Russian organization whose accountant was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year has sued Facebook, claiming its page was a legitimate news source that the social media company unfairly removed.
In a suit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the Federal Agency of News and its general director, Evgeniy Zubarev, sought damages and an injunction preventing Facebook from deleting its page. Facebook deleted the FAN page in April during a sweep of Russian accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, which has been accused of meddling in the 2016 election.
Christopher Sullivan, a San Francisco-based partner at Diamond McCarthy, is representing FAN. Neither he nor Facebook immediately responded to requests for comment.
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