Polish billionaire and owner of InPost Rafał Brzoska is celebrating a major court victory against Meta after he filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company.
“This is an unprecedented ruling that will set a completely new legal precedent in the European Union for similar cases where the image of public figures is used as a tool for crime, and Meta has so far pretended it wasn’t their fault!” he wrote on his Facebook page.
“We have a groundbreaking ruling from the Warsaw Court of Appeals clearly stating that Meta is responsible for the scam,” his post continued.
Two years ago, Brzoska and his TV presenter wife, Omenaa Mensah, were targeted by fake posts on Facebook, suggesting, among other things, that Mensah was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her husband, while other posts portrayed her as the perpetrator. Some had even suggested she had died, reports Do Rzeczy.
The famous couple filed, and a ruling yesterday from Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court indicated that “if a platform decides which ads are published, verifies them before they are broadcast, targets recipients and earns billions from it, it is not a neutral observer,” but an active participant in the system who is responsible for what is displayed to users.
“We’re coming for you—and not just in Poland anymore,” he remarked on his post celebrating the ruling.
Brzoska also noted similar fake posts used on Instagram, saying thousands have lost their “life savings” from ads for schemes that used his image illegally. He said a large portion of Meta’s revenues comes from such false adverts.
“Lately, you’ve been reporting another flood of scams involving fake ads using my image on Facebook and Instagram—thousands of victims falling for these ads and losing their life savings! What’s more, according to Reuters, as much as 10% of the company’s revenue comes from fake ads and scams of all kinds. We’re talking about up to 16 billion dollars.”
The couple also reported the matter to the Personal Data Protection Office. Under the GDPR, the Office ordered Meta Platforms Ireland Limited to suspend the display of false ads using Brzoska’s name and image on Facebook and Instagram in Poland for three months.
Brzoska is determined that his court ruling marks “the moment when the model of impunity of large platforms begins to crack.”
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