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Mark Zuckerberg sues Meta - but he's not who you think
Mark Zuckerberg - not that one - is suing Meta, the owner of Facebook.
After years of putting up with people mistaking him for the founder of Facebook, the Indiana bankruptcy lawyer has had enough. Between 2022 and 2025, Mr Zuckerberg paid over $11,000 (£8,160) to Meta to advertise his law business, in an attempt to draw new clients to his law practice.
His adverts, however, were repeatedly removed for "impersonating a celebrity" or using an inauthentic name, according to the legal filing. It was the final straw for a man who had been dealing with sharing the name of one of the world's most powerful men for well over a decade.
He has documented the struggles of being Mark S Zuckerberg (rather than Meta's Mark E Zuckerberg) on his website, in a list entitled: "Things that have happened to me because my name is Mark S Zuckerberg (I give it Zero likes)". According to the list, he was mistakenly sued by the State of Washington who thought he was the Meta owner.
He said his Facebook account is "constantly hacked.
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