Sep 5, 2025 - Technology

Mark Zuckerberg vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Indiana lawyer sues Meta

Rebecca Falconer

A curly, brown-haired Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, wearing a black jacket, white shirt and gray tie speaks into a microphone at a congressional hearing. — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington, D.C., last year. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Mark Steven Zuckerberg, an Indiana bankruptcy lawyer, is suing Meta because his work-related Facebook page keeps getting suspended.

The big picture: The lawsuit, filed in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis this week, accuses Meta of breach of contract for the page takedowns that accuse him of "impersonating a celebrity" because he paid $11,000 for ads.

He notes in the suit he's been practicing law for 38 years, since mogul Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was 3 years old.

Driving the news: "It's like buying a billboard on the side of the highway, paying the people for the billboard and then they come and put a giant blanket over it and you don't get the benefit of what you paid for," he told Indianapolis station WTHR after filing the lawsuit on Tuesday.

"It's not fair. It's not right and they need to stop," he added.
"It's not funny. Not when they take my money. This really pissed me off."

What they're saying: "We have reinstated Mark Zuckerberg's account, after finding it had been disabled in error," a Meta spokesperson said in an emailed statement Thursday evening.

"We appreciate Mr. Zuckerberg's continued patience on this issue and are working to try and prevent this from happening in the future."
The Indiana lawyer's office did not immediately respond to Axios' Thursday evening request for comment.

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