Former Russian national team player, head coach of the Volgograd FC Rotor, Dmitry Khokhlov, filed a lawsuit against Facebook due to the fact that the moderators of the social network often ban him for several days due to the consonance of his last name with the colloquial nickname of Ukrainians.
This was reported by the Octagon website, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The catch is that my name is blocked. Therefore, neither I nor my friends and acquaintances can use Facebook and Instagram normally. Many people called me and said that any mention of the name would be blocked. They get banned for a week,” Khokhlov said.
The Rotor mentor filed an application with the Solntsevsky District Court of Moscow in July. Khokhlov demands compensation for moral damages in the amount of 150 million rubles from the American company.
Previously, some Facebook users complained that they were getting banned for mentioning Moscow’s Khokhlovsky Lane in their posts, since moderators also saw this as a reference to the nickname of representatives of the Ukrainian people.