told WTHR-TV<\/a> in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Not when they take my money.”<\/p>\nThe lawsuit, filed in Marion Superior Court, argues that Facebook parent company Meta is in breach of contract because he paid $11,000 (\u00a38,200) for advertising that was improperly taken down.<\/p>\n
“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 WTHR.<\/p>\n
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Mark S Zuckerberg is an Indiana bankruptcy attorney<\/p>\n
Emails with Facebook that Mr Zuckerberg shared with local media indicate the company had accused him of not using his “authentic name”.<\/p>\n
He said that he has submitted his photo ID, his credit cards, and multiple images of his face in order to prove his identity.<\/p>\n
“I’m Mark Steven. And he’s Mark Elliot,” Mr Zuckerberg told WTHR.<\/p>\n
His account was shut down in May, and only restored after his lawsuit was filed.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the company said it had “reinstated Mark Zuckerberg’s account, after finding it had been disabled in error”.<\/p>\n
“We appreciate Mr Zuckerberg’s continued patience on this issue and are working to try and prevent this from happening in the future.”<\/p>\n
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