Mark Lembey’s decision comes after Mark Zuckerberg said that a culture that “celebrates aggression a little more” is positive
The American lawyer he stated, in his profile on Blueskywhich will no longer represent the Meta in a generative artificial intelligence copyright case due to “toxic masculinity” e “neo-Nazi madness” by the company’s founder, . The publication was made on Monday (13 January 2025).
The jurist, who is also a law professor at Stanford Universitystated that, despite supporting Meta’s position in the case involving generative AI, it cannot, “of good conscience”, continue as the company’s lawyer.
“I fired Meta as a client. I hope they win the copyright dispute, but I can no longer represent them”, he wrote on the social network, which is a competitor of X (formerly Twitter), .
The announcement comes after changes to Meta’s policy, including the and the adoption of “community notes“, inspired model no Xin which users comment on the veracity of posts.
Mark Lemley’s decision was motivated, in part, by statements Zuckerberg made during a “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. The CEO these that corporate culture is “neutral” why try to escape “masculine energy” and that “having a culture that likes to celebrate aggression a little more has its own merits that are actually positive”.
Lemley also reported that he deactivated his account on a social network launched by Meta to compete with X, and which will no longer make purchases for ads served on the e . “I don’t want Facebook to receive credit for any purchases I make”.
He ended his message on Bluesky by defending the use of the social network as an alternative to the Meta and X platforms. “Bluesky is an excellent alternative. I don’t need to support a Twitter-like site run by someone trying to imitate Musk”, he concluded.
