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Russia placed Meta Platforms spokesperson Andy Stone on its wanted list with criminal charges. On Sunday, Russian news agency TASS reported that Stone was listed on Russia's interior ministry's list of wanted individuals, with scant details provided regarding the charges he faces. The Russian Interior Ministry has initiated a criminal investigation against Stone, but the specifics of the charges have not been disclosed.

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00:00 Russia has placed Meta platform spokesperson Andy Stone on its wanted list with criminal

00:06 charges.

00:07 Russian news agency TASS reported scant details provided regarding the charges Stone faces.

00:13 TASS says Moscow has left the public and the international community in the dark about

00:19 the nature of the allegations against Stone.

00:22 The database of the Russian Ministry of Interior simply states, "Andy Mark Stone is wanted

00:27 under an article of the Russian Criminal Code."

00:30 It was in March 2022 when the Russian investigative committee had announced a criminal investigation

00:36 into the illegal actions of Meta employees.

00:40 Stone was specifically mentioned with accusations that he lifted a ban on calls for violence

00:45 against the Russian military on its platforms, allegedly inciting extremist activity.

00:51 TASS reported, "Necessary investigative actions were done as part of criminal proceedings aimed

00:57 at giving the legal treatment for actions of Andy Stone and other employees of the U.S.

01:02 corporation."

01:03 This development follows Russia's move last year to place Meta, the owner of Facebook,

01:08 on its list of extremists and terrorists.

01:11 In April 2022, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg found himself on a blacklist, barring him from entering

01:17 Russia.

01:19 NATO has been cracking down on social media freedom since the Ukrainian offensive began

01:23 in February 2022.

01:25 Russia has not only blocked Facebook and Instagram, but Twitter as well.

01:29 Russian independent media, critical of the Kremlin, also faced bans, stifling dissenting

01:34 voices.

01:35 Before these bans, millions of Russians relied on Meta applications, especially Instagram,

01:40 which remains hugely popular among the country's youth.

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