A man from Florida is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta, for a maximum of $8,000 after he was banned from Facebook for commenting “in jest” to a “close personal friend”. The lawsuit was filed in Pinellas County Court’s small claims division.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff, Walter “Wally” Moran was banned on May 15, “within moments” after making a joke to a friend.
“naw. You know I’d bust your balls if you put this post out here, lol! Talk about a target ripe environment!”, Moran wrote.
Moran cannot access his account and is losing revenue since he used his account “as an author and writer and also [seller] of boating and marine products to the boating audience within his Facebook groups”...