AMN: A Russian-owned company linked to allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election has sued Facebook, after the social-media company barred it from its network.
The company, called the Federal Agency of News LLC, filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California on November 20, arguing it is a legitimate news outlet and its profile should be restored.
Known as FAN, the St. Petersburg-based company appeared in a federal criminal complaint filed last month in Virginia that charged its accountant in connection with the 2016 election campaign meddling.
Facebook deleted FAN’s accounts in April in the wake of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency. Mueller charged the agency, known informally as the “Russian troll factory,” had used U.S. social media to spread misinformation and sow discord in 2016. more