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Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nA 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”.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Meta said it had reinstated the lawyer’s account and was taking steps to prevent the mistake recurring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “It’s not funny,” Mr Zuckerberg told WTHR-TV<\/a> in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Not when they take my money.”<\/p>\n The 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<\/div>\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 Mr Zuckerberg, who specialises in bankruptcy law, started a website<\/a> to track mix-ups over his name, including the time he was inadvertently sued by the state of Washington for abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20250828-055926-c20c0c03f5-2.28.1-2\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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