扎克伯格起诉Facebook

据英国广播公司（BBC）9月5日报道，美国印第安纳州一名律师因与Facebook创始人马克·扎克伯格同名，过去八年间多次遭到平台无故封禁账号，日前已向Facebook提起诉讼并索赔。

A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account while falsely accusing him of "impersonating a celebrity".

马克·史蒂文·扎克伯格

这位律师名为马克·史蒂文·扎克伯格，专注于破产诉讼业务。为扩大业务，他在Facebook上开设实名账号并投入1.1万美元用于推广。然而，在过去8年内，他的账号已先后5次被平台封禁，不仅妨碍其与客户沟通，投入的推广费用也没有退还。

Mark S Zuckerberg says his account has been disabled five times over the past eight years, and it has cost him thousands of dollars in lost business.

马克认为，封禁的原因在于Facebook误判他“冒充”同名的公司创始人马克·艾略特·扎克伯格。事实上，他早在38年前便以“马克·扎克伯格”的名义从事法律工作，那时候马克·艾略特·扎克伯格还只是个小宝宝。

The Indiana bankruptcy attorney's lawsuit states that he has been practising law for 38 years — ever since Mark E Zuckerberg, now one of the richest men in the world, was a toddler.

虽然他曾在账号初次被封时提交多份身份证明并获解封，但类似情况仍不断重演。除了账号频频被封外，他也经常被网友或各类机构误以为是Facebook创始人扎克伯格，还曾于2020年被华盛顿州政府错误起诉。

马克于今年5月正式起诉Facebook，要求返还推广费用。Facebook方面则在一份声明中回应称，公司将密切关注此事，避免类似情况再次发生，并对马克的耐心表示感谢。

His account was shut down in May, and only restored after his lawsuit was filed.

In a statement, the company said it had "reinstated Mark Zuckerberg's account, after finding it had been disabled in error".

"We appreciate Mr Zuckerberg's continued patience on this issue and are working to try and prevent this from happening in the future."

来源：英国广播公司 环球时报

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