A U.S. federal district court judge in California has ruled that Australia’s second-richest person, Andrew Forrest, can proceed with his lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. Forrest claims that Meta exhibited negligence in operating in a commercially reasonable manner and misappropriated his name and likeness after scam Facebook advertisements showed him promoting fake cryptocurrencies and other investments.
Arthur Bryant, a partner at Bailey Glasser in Oakland, California, is the lead attorney for Forrest. This legal action marks the first instance where a social media company has been unable to invoke immunity under Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act in a U.S. civil case related to its advertising business, according to Forrest. For more detailed information, please refer to the original article.