The Australian billionaire is fighting a legal case over the US section 230 law that protects internet companies from taking responsibility for content posted on their services
Andrew Forrest says scam ads bearing his image that have appeared on Facebook over the past five years have cost retirees all their savings.Andrew Forrest says scam ads bearing his image that have appeared on Facebook over the past five years have cost retirees all their savings.has accused Facebook’s parent company of “blatantly refusing” to take action against scam ads on its platform, as the two cases he is concurrently running against Meta in the US and Australia progress in court.
“ actually gives full immunity for content published on any of the tech companies’ platforms, designed, of course to help the internet. But it doesn’t – it overwrites democracy all over the world,” he said. The district court in northern California heard a motion by Meta to dismiss Forrest’s case on Thursday. The court’s decision was expected in the coming weeks.alleging the company’s failure to stop cryptocurrency-related scam ads bearing his image was “negligent” and a “misappropriation of likeness”.
Meta argued that section 230 applies because the case was brought by Forrest in a US court seeking relief in the US.Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersForrest pointed out a consistent legal argument Meta runs in cases outside the US in which they argue cases cannot be brought against it because it has no presence in those countries, including in Australia.
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