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The billionaire suing Facebook to remove his face from AI scams

Livemint · 1y

Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest is taking Facebook to court over their alleged failure to stop scam advertisements that use his likeness to promote fraudulent investment schemes. Forrest claims that Facebook's AI-powered ad systems help create and amplify these false ads. This case challenges the broad immunity protections that tech companies have against hosting user-generated content. The judge's ruling to reject Facebook's efforts to dismiss the lawsuit suggests that AI may play a role in litigation related to content originating from users versus the platform's model. Forrest is determined to see the fight through and believes that Facebook must do more to police its platform.