Indiana Lawyer Named Mark Zuckerberg Sues Meta After Repeated Facebook Suspensions

An Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney who shares his name with Meta Platforms Inc.'s chief executive filed suit against the company on Sept. 2, saying Facebook repeatedly suspended his accounts and caused him financial harm.

Mark S. Zuckerberg, who has practiced law in Indianapolis for nearly four decades, sued Meta in Marion Superior Court, accusing the company of negligence and breach of contract after his business and personal Facebook profiles were disabled at least nine times over the past eight years. The suit seeks restoration and continuous maintenance of the accounts, reimbursement for lost advertising and attorney’s fees.

According to the complaint, Zuckerberg’s business account was disabled five times and his personal account four times. He said one recent suspension lasted more than four months despite repeated appeals and that the interruptions have disrupted client communications and cost him an estimated $11,000 in wasted advertising spending.

“It almost feels like they're doing it to me on purpose, the number of times they've done it,” Zuckerberg told Fox News Digital. He told the outlet he believes Facebook repeatedly mistakes him for Mark E. Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO, though he said his own name and identity predate the younger Zuckerberg’s prominence.

The lawsuit says one of the suspensions followed a separate action last weekend that disabled an account tied to a homeowners association on which his name appeared. The complaint alleges that the suspensions prevented him from running paid advertising on his business account after payments were accepted and that the interruptions caused lost business.

A Meta spokesperson said the company investigated after being notified of the lawsuit and restored the attorney’s account. "We have 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," the spokesperson said.

The case comes as Meta faces heightened scrutiny over its content moderation and artificial intelligence policies. In recent years the company has introduced features aimed at teen safety on Instagram and Facebook while also confronting criticism of automated systems and the broader governance of AI-driven interactions.

The suit frames the dispute as a contractual and consumer harm issue rather than a broader challenge to Meta’s moderation policies. It requests that the court order Meta to reinstate the accounts permanently, reimburse advertising losses and cover legal fees. The complaint does not seek punitive damages in news reports but focuses on restitution and preventing future suspensions.

Legal experts say cases that pit individuals against large platforms often turn on the specifics of user agreements and how courts interpret the scope of tech companies’ contractual duties and immunity under federal law. The Marion Superior Court filing will initiate a process in which the parties may exchange records, seek discovery into the cause of the suspensions and present competing evidence about whether the actions were erroneous.

Meta’s brief public statement saying the account was reinstated signals the company concluded at least one suspension was a mistake. The company did not provide additional detail about why the accounts were flagged or the internal processes that led to the repeated suspensions.

Zuckerberg told Fox News Digital he would prefer to avoid litigation, but said he filed suit after repeated disruptions and financial losses. The case joins a growing number of complaints by users who say automated enforcement and account-review processes have produced false positives and costly interruptions to business and personal use of social platforms.