Conservative Activist Sues Meta for Linking Him to Capitol Riot

Robby Starbuck, the conservative activist, filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta, alleging its artificial intelligence tool smeared him by falsely asserting he participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Starbuck says he discovered the problem last summer when he was waging an online campaign to get Harley-Davidson to change its diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, policies.

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