Meta Fails to Kick Scam Ads Suit From Australian Billionaire

Meta Platforms Inc. was unable to fully escape a lawsuit from an Australian billionaire who alleged Facebook provided scammers with AI advertising tools used to fraudulently show him endorsing cryptocurrency products.

Judge P. Casey Pitts on Monday ruled that the tech industry’s legal shield known as Section 230 didn’t block the lawsuit from mining magnate and philanthropist Andrew Forrest, who discovered his image being used in numerous scam ads on the platform.

Forrest, founder of Fortescue Metals Group, sued Meta in California state court in 2021 after attempting to communicate with senior Meta executives about the problem two years ...