Russian Firm Sues Facebook for Discrimination

A Russian company whose accountant has been charged by prosecutors for attempting to interfere the US elections has retaliated and sued Facebook, affirming that The Federal Agency of News LLC (FAN) is a legitimate news media and its Facebook account should be restored.

1. Everything started back in April, when Facebook deleted FAN’s account due to news media references about St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency. It was accused by counsel Robert Mueller of spreading false information in the awe of 2016 election.

2. FAN claimed that they were intentionally targeted in Facebook’ purge together with 270 other Russian-language pages and accounts. FAN’s lawsuit argued that Facebook violated their right to free speech and mentioned the Civil Rights Act of 1964 referring to the fact that Facebook discriminated the news outlet due to its Russian origins.

3. FAN’s accountant who has become the center of federal prosecutors’ attention had day-to-day bookkeeping routine, and had no involvement in editorial content, according to plaintiffs.

4. For now, there are no official comments from Facebook on FAN’s suit, but we will keep you updated with the new flow of official information from counterparts.