Meta’s Mark S. Zuckerberg Sued -- by Namesake Lawyer Mark Zuckerberg

In a curious legal twist, Mark S. Zuckerberg, a bankruptcy lawyer from Indiana, has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., alleging that the company repeatedly suspended his Facebook and Instagram accounts for “impersonating” its CEO and namesake, Mark E. Zuckerberg.

The lawsuit, filed in Marion Superior Court, claims the attorney’s personal and professional accounts were disabled multiple times between 2022 and 2025. His personal profile, he says, was deactivated nine times, while his law firm’s page was taken down five times. The repeated suspensions, he argues, disrupted client communications and rendered nearly $11,000 he had spent on Facebook ads effectively useless.

Accusing Meta of negligence and breach of contract, Zuckerberg contends that the company failed to properly differentiate between users with identical names and mishandled its moderation system. He likened the repeated lockouts to “buying a billboard and then having someone cover it with a sheet.”

Although Meta eventually reinstated his accounts, admitting they had been disabled “in error,” the lawyer is still seeking damages, arguing the recurring suspensions harmed both his business and his reputation.

The case has since gone viral, with many amused by the irony of “Mark Zuckerberg suing Mark Zuckerberg.” The Indiana attorney has embraced the joke, quipping: “If the other Mark Zuckerberg wants to apologise in person -- or maybe invite me onto his yacht -- I’d accept.”

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