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Lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg sues Meta after repeated account shutdowns over claims he’s impersonating billionaire founder: ‘It’s offensive’
“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.”
He said his Facebook page was first deactivated in 2010, and every time since, he’s had to endure a painfully long appeals process — including submitting photos of himself, his license and his credit cards — to prove he’s a real person who hasn’t violated the platform’s policies and get his accounts restored. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWhile Zuckerberg joked that sharing the high-profile Meta CEO’s name has its perks — like scoring a good table at a restaurant after making a reservation — it has also caused headaches in his personal life, calling the identity mix-up a “thorn in my side.” The repeated cases of mistaken identity prompted Zuckerberg to launch a website tracking them — yet he still relies on online platforms like Facebook to attract new clients and compete with other local legal practices also spending ad dollars on the social network.
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