【saint sebastian eroticism】

An online media company identified as “Russia state-controlled” on saint sebastian eroticismFacebook is now suing the social network over that very label.

Maffick LLC has filed a lawsuitagainst Facebook over the foreign-controlled label that the social media giant puts on all of its pages and posts. Maffick runs popular Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts for online news media outlets such as In the NOW, Waste-Ed, and Soapbox.

You’ve probably come across Maffick’s Facebook page for “In the NOW.” With nearly 5 million followers on the social media platform, In the NOW’s video content is regularly shared on Facebook.

---

You May Also Like

---

---

A screenshot of the label placed on Maffick LLC's Facebook content. Credit: screenshot: matt binder / mashable

However, one thing you may or may not have noticed is that all of In the NOW’s content comes packaged with a very unique label: “Russia state-controlled media.”

“This publisher is wholly or partially under the editorial control of a state,” reads the description accompanied by Facebook’s label. “This is determined by a range of factors, including but not limited to funding, structure, and journalistic standards.”

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Facebook previously suspendedMaffick’s Facebook pages in 2019 after a CNN investigationreported on the company’s ties to RT, a Russia state-funded news organization. Maffick had received significant funding from Ruptly, a subsidiary of RT that provides video news content to publishers.

CNN described Maffick’s properties as “Russian government" backed online video channels that are “designed to appeal to Millennials.” The outlet also reported how “unusual” it was for Facebook to suspend the pages. At the time, Facebook’s guidelines didn’t require media companies on the platform to disclose relationships with parent companies.

Facebook has since updated its policiesand, beginning in June 2020, startedlabeling state-controlled mediaorganizations on its platform.

In its lawsuit, In the NOW’s parent company argues that the three Facebook Pages now belong to a new media outlet, Maffick LLC, which is separate from Maffick Media, the company that received funding from Ruptly. Maffick LLC is a U.S. registered organization owned and run by Anissa Naouai, a U.S. citizen living in Los Angeles, according to the lawsuit. Naouai formerly hosted a program on RT called In the Now.

Maffick is seeking to have Facebook remove the “Russia state-controlled” labels from its online properties. It also seeks monetary compensation for damages to the organization's reputation.

Some may see the business moves Maffick made as specifically trying to get aroundFacebook’s rules. Others could interpret the newly registered company as an attempt to comply with Facebook’s new guidelines. Either way, the lawsuit is certainly an interesting one, and Maffick appears to be making the most of it.

“It’s so official,” reads Maffick’s In the NOW tweetannouncing the lawsuit. “We’re suing Facebook, bitches!”

Topics Facebook Social Media

• Science
• Digital Culture
• Deals
• Life
• Social Good
• Tech
• Entertainment
• Shopping

• SpaceX is so close to turning its rocket headquarters into an actual city
• Chrissy Teigen, addicted to Twitter like the rest of us, is tweeting again
• Everyone can just go home now because British police have won at 280
• Disney, pressured by a critics boycott, ends the LA Times blacklisting
• Will Oracle take over TikTok? Trump says he'll make a decision in 30 days
• Alphabet workers ask the company to stop protecting harassers
• Mortal Kombat explained: Everything you need to know before the movie
• 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier': Sam, John, and Cap's legacy
• Obama photographer Pete Souza on Trump: 'We failed our children'
• Trump drawn as a comic book villain is too damn uncanny

• Amazon Spring Sale pizza oven deal: save 20% on the Solo Stove Pi Prime
• Illinois vs. Morehead State basketball livestreams, game time
• SpaceX’s 20th successful rocket landing was its most beautiful yet
• Gonzaga vs. KU basketball livestreams: How to watch live
• The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is $30 off at Amazon's Spring Sale
• Marquette vs. WKU basketball livestreams: How to watch live
• The best phone accessory deals at Amazon's Prime Day
• NYT's The Mini crossword answers for March 22
• CONSENT Act introduced with Bumble endorsement
• Google, NASA find alien planet using machine learning

• NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for February 15: Tips to solve Connections #145
• Bang & Olufsen has a book
• Taylor Swift, look what you made the ACLU do
• Farewell to Paddles, New Zealand's beloved first cat
• Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers 2025 livestream: Watch NBA online
• Disney, pressured by a critics boycott, ends the LA Times blacklisting
• Oculus Quest 2 doesn't need a wire to play on PCs anymore
• Speedtest rankings put T
• GPU Pricing Update, Year in Review: Price Trends Charted
• LeVar Burton pitched himself as 'Jeopardy' host and wow, great idea

• Best Amazon deal: Save 20% on floral and botanical Lego sets
• Woman who flipped off Trump motorcade told her employer and got fired
• Young entrepreneur set a Guinness World Record with the most slime ever created
• Apple's new iPad Pro is coming soon, but it might be hard to get one
• They met on Tumblr, and their relationship outlasted their accounts
• 'Difficult People' repeatedly joked about Kevin Spacey
• See the world change over nearly 40 years in Google Earth's new timelapse feature
• Apple's new iPad Pro is coming soon, but it might be hard to get one
• Ms. Frizzle spotted at Science Marches across the globe
• 'Infinity Train' Season 4 is a strong end to a show that deserved more