A lawyer representing Meta Inc. in an intellectual property case says the company has dropped as a client over Mark Zuckerberg's decision to eliminate fact-checking on social media platforms.
Mark Lemley, also a law professor at Stanford University, claimed that meth bosses are embracing “toxic masculinity and neo-Nazi insanity.”
“I fired Meta as a client,” Lemley said. wrote on Bluesky social media platformwhich emerged as an alternative to X for left-wing internet users following President-elect Donald Trump's election victory.
“While I believe they are on the right side of the generative AI copyright dispute, I cannot in good conscience serve as their attorney any longer,” Lemley wrote on social media. SFGATE reported.
Lemley pointed to Zuckerberg's series of policy changes and public statements as a catalyst for his decision.
Zuckerberg announced last week that he was ending Meta's partnership with third-party fact checkers.
Lemley also noted Meta's decision to scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move aimed at aligning with the incoming Trump administration. It is thought by some.
During an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast last week, Zuckerberg lamented that company culture has moved away from “masculine energy.”
Lemley mocked the remarks in a post on Sunday, writing, along with an eye-rolling emoji, “Oh yeah, that's the problem with tech companies. They don't have enough testosterone.”
“These decisions and comments reflect values that I cannot support,” Lemley told SFGATE.
“I believe Meta should win the copyright case, and they will, but they will have to win without me.”
The Post has reached out to Mehta for comment.
Lemley was part of the legal team. represents meta A lawsuit filed by authors including Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadry, and Ta-Nehisi Coates claims that the tech giant has copyright protection for training its AI models, specifically its Llama language model. Alleges that copyrighted material was used without permission.
The lawsuit is one of a growing number of copyright cases targeting AI chatbots.
