A New Hampshire cafe owner sued Meta for deleting his account and won

Re:A New Hampshire cafe owner sued Meta for deleting his acc... by ayoubd on Friday January 26, 2024 @08:20PM (#39151326)

Agreed, it seems like a disproportionate response.

Handling the situation quietly when the court case was filed might have avoided this bad-for-Meta legal precedent. Taking it to trial seems like the most risky move, I'm interested if anyone can see Meta's legal logic here.

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Re:A New Hampshire cafe owner sued Meta for deleting his acc... by cube00 on Friday January 26, 2024 @10:33PM (#39152239)

Lawyers don't get paid if the issue is resolved internally by support teams.

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Re:A New Hampshire cafe owner sued Meta for deleting his acc... by OkGoDoIt on Friday January 26, 2024 @11:48PM (#39152682)

That’s assuming Meta has support teams. I’ve yet to see evidence of that. I once had to solve a Facebook business page issue that went unanswered for a year, and the only way I got it moving was to send a legal threat to Meta on a lawyer’s letterhead. Ended up solving the problem with a couple weeks.

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Re:A New Hampshire cafe owner sued Meta for deleting his acc... by nerdponx on Friday January 26, 2024 @11:12PM (#39152478)

Did they assume they would win?

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