An attorney in Indiana named Mark Zuckerberg is taking Meta to court, alleging that the tech giant repeatedly locked him out of his personal and professional accounts by wrongly accusing him of impersonating its well-known founder.
For nearly a decade and a half, Zuckerberg, a bankruptcy lawyer from Indianapolis, has struggled with the confusion created by having the same name as the billionaire behind Facebook.
According to him, his personal verified profile has been suspended five different times. In May, his law firm’s page was shut down yet again, wiping out $11,000 in advertising funds he had spent, prompting him to escalate the battle into a lawsuit.
“Normally you would say, well, it’s just Facebook and it’s not a big deal, but this time it’s affecting my bottom line because I was paying for advertising for my business to try and get clients,” the aggrieved attorney told The Post Wednesday afternoon.
“So they took my money, but then after they took my money, they shut me down for what they say is impersonating a celebrity, not using a true name and violating their community standards. And it’s the same message I get every time they shut me down.”
On Tuesday, Zuckerberg filed a complaint in Marion Superior Court accusing Meta of negligence and breach of contract, arguing that the company has suspended him for unfounded and unjustified reasons.
He explained that his troubles with Facebook began in 2010 when his profile was first disabled. Each time since then, he has had to endure an exhausting appeals process that included providing photographs of himself, identification cards, and even credit cards to prove he was authentic and had not violated any rules before his accounts were reinstated.
“I think it’s offensive that a company that is supposed to be so tech savvy in the world can’t figure out how to flag my accounts and keep this from happening,” said Zuckerberg, who has spent 38 years practicing bankruptcy law.
“It’s like they’re almost doing it on purpose, but I’m sure they’re not but it feels like it.”
Meta confirmed to The Post that it had only just received the lawsuit and was in the process of examining the claims.
“We know there’s more than one Mark Zuckerberg in the world, and we are getting to the bottom of this,” the spokesperson said, declining to answer any additional questions.
The company later updated its statement to say that Zuckerberg’s profile had been restored.
“We have reinstated Mark Zuckerberg’s account, after finding it had been disabled in error. We appreciate Mr. Zuckerberg’s continued patience on this issue and are working to try and prevent this from happening in the future,” a spokesman said Thursday.
Zuckerberg admitted that occasionally sharing a name with Meta’s famous CEO has brought some lighthearted advantages, such as better treatment when making reservations. Yet, he also described the confusion as a constant nuisance in his life, calling it a “thorn in my side.”
His practice often receives calls from frustrated Facebook users who think he can fix their accounts, as well as mail intended for the tech mogul. At one point in 2020, the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services even sued him by mistake, accusing him of financial misconduct.
Because of all the repeated mix-ups, Zuckerberg created a website documenting the bizarre episodes. Still, he relies heavily on platforms like Facebook to attract clients and compete with other local firms who also advertise online.
“It’s the fact that they’re affecting my business now, you know, my clients can’t find me,” the frustrated lawyer stressed, adding that he wants Meta to refund his money and pay his attorney fees, among other demands.
“I want an injunction, I want them to not do it again, and I want [Mark Zuckerberg] to fly out here, hand me my check, shake my hands and say, ‘I’m sorry,’ but that’s never gonna happen.”
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More than one in five Britons harbors or agrees with antisemitic views, a survey found. The numbers are the highest since similar studies began 10 years ago, The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
The findings come just before a national march by Jewish groups and their supporters in London on Sunday to protest “bigots and extremists” targeting Britain’s Jews.
The survey, conducted among a representative sample of British adults, found that 21% of the public supports four or more antisemitic statements, up from 16% last year. In 2021, that figure was 11%.
The number of British people holding antisemitic views has doubled in less than five years, to more than a fifth of the population.
The YouGov survey, commissioned by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), revealed that almost half of the population (45%) says that Israel treats Palestinian Arabs similar to the way Nazis treated Jews.
This surpasses last year’s record number of 33% who agreed with that statement.
The CAA said comparing Israel’s actions to those of the Nazis is “one of the most common antisemitic tropes that we see,” the Telegraph reported.
“It both trivializes the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were industrially slaughtered, and insultingly accuses victims of the crime committed against them of perpetrating it,” the CAA said.
Similar to a Harvard-Harris poll in the United States, the YouGov survey found that antisemitic attitudes were higher among younger people. Some 60% of young people accepted the view equating Israel with Nazis.
The study also found that of 18- to 24-year-olds, nearly half (49%) said they did not feel comfortable spending time around people who openly support Israel. Only 18% said they did feel comfortable doing so.
Of young voters, 31% said that Israel has a right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people. Twenty percent said it did not.
Fifty-eight percent of young people said Israel and those who support it are a bad influence on British democracy. Among the general population, 29% agreed with that statement.
Twenty-six percent of the British public said that Israel can get away with whatever it wants because its supporters “control the media.” That figure was 18% last year. Among young people, 42% said Israel can get away with anything.
“Bearing in mind that the overwhelming majority of British Jews identify as Zionists and with the Jewish state, these attitudes among young Britons have enormous implications for young Jews on campus, on social media and starting out in the workplace,” the CAA said.
Ten percent of young Britons have a “favorable view” of Hamas, with 14% saying it is wrong to classify Hamas as a terrorist group, the survey also found.
Nineteen percent of young people said that the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in which 1,219 people, mostly civilians, were murdered according to an AFP tally based on official figures, and 251 were kidnapped, was justified.
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“Hamas is trying to do everything to prevent them from leaving and to remain there to serve as a human shield for it. It does not shy away from any means.
“We have recently seen that it shoots women and children in the legs and, if necessary, shoots to kill.”
Netanyahu acknowledged that Israel is paying a steep price when it comes to international perception, but said the most effective way to address this is “to establish entirely new mechanisms, as we have discussed, and to finish the war as quickly as possible, to finish it with the victory we have defined. That means: eliminating Hamas, returning all the hostages, and ensuring that Gaza does not pose a threat to Israel.”
{Matzav.com}New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) criticized President Trump following widespread reports that the White House is seeking to take control of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
“The @Sept11Memorial belongs to the families, survivors, and first responders who’ve carried its legacy for more than two decades,” Hochul wrote on X, including a screenshot of a New York Times article.
“Instead of politicizing this sacred site, the President should restore 9/11 health care funding and support victims’ families,” she added.
Neither the White House nor the museum responded immediately to inquiries from The Hill for comment.
The reports of Trump looking to oversee the 9/11 Memorial & Museum follow an earlier controversy in which his administration sought to strip funding from the World Trade Center Health Program.
That program provides research, medical care, and ongoing health monitoring to more than 100,000 responders and survivors who became ill as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Funding was ultimately reinstated after Republican lawmakers urged the president not to eliminate it.
The head of the museum expressed confusion about why the federal government would want to assume operational responsibility.
“At a time when the federal government is working to cut costs, assuming the full operating expenses for the site makes no sense,” Beth Hillman, president and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, said in a statement provided to CBS.
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France’s foreign ministry pushed back against Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he argued that Paris derailed Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks by formally recognizing Palestinian statehood in late July.
In a statement posted on X, the ministry rejected Rubio’s claim outright, saying, “No, @SecRubio, the recognition of the State of Palestine did not cause the breakdown of hostage negotiations.”
The response was followed by a thread of additional posts, including screenshots meant to challenge Rubio’s timeline. One showed a July 24 post at 3:54 p.m. local time from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussing failed Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Another displayed French President Emmanuel Macron’s message from later that evening at 9:16 p.m., in which he addressed France’s recognition of Palestinian statehood.
“The negotiations had already collapsed before France’s announcement,” the French Response account emphasized. “This narrative blaming France is diverting attention from the real responsibility of Hamas in the deadlock.”
This latest exchange highlights the diplomatic friction that has followed France’s move. Rubio has repeatedly denounced the recognition of a Palestinian state, calling it “reckless.”
“The United States strongly rejects @EmmanuelMacron’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the @UN general assembly,” Rubio wrote on X at the time. “This reckless decision only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace. It is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th.”
Rubio continued to stand by his criticism this week, again insisting France’s action caused a breakdown in negotiations.
“The minute − the day − that the French announced the thing they did, that day, Hamas walked away from the negotiating table,” Rubio said.
“They immediately increased their demands and walked away and stopped negotiating,” he added.
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