News Summary: French Publishers Sue Meta over AI Concerns; Australia Blocks Copyright Loophole for Tech Firms

Our first story of the week was about AI and a very global market, and in a way the two stories today are in a similar vein—but from a different angle.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/french-publishers-sue-meta/

#AIandCopyright #Australiacopyrightlaw #creativeindustries #Frenchpublishers #Metalawsuit

Meta Shareholders Sue Mark Zuckerberg Over $8 Billion “Oops” Incident

#Satire #MetaLawsuit #Zuckerbucks #ShareholderShowdown #MetaverseMess By: TheJestPress.com Meta Shareholders Sue Mark Zuckerberg for Only $8 Billion, Citing Emotional Damage from Metaverse Avatars MENLO PARK, CA — It’s the lawsuit nobody saw coming… except, according to sources, literally everyone who owns a Meta stock certificate and has ever worn a VR headset shaped like a breadmaker. In a bold and…

http://thejestpress.com/2025/07/16/meta-shareholders-sue-mark-zuckerberg-over-8-billion-oops-incident/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I see you, Zuckerfucker..

What’s this? A belated attempt by Meta to return to its roots? 🤣🤣 -Allēna #metalawsuit #fuckzuck #facebook

#Facebook #FuckZuck #metalawsuit

Authors Discover Their Books on LibGen, Raise Alarm Over AI Training: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

You’ve probably seen it all over your social media feed this week: light blue rectangular backgrounds with lists of books. Most of these posts feature the writers’ own titles, accompanied by commentary that often hits harder than…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/books-on-libgen/

#AItrainingdata #authorpiracyconcerns #booksonLibGen #LibGensearchtool #Metalawsuit
@indieauthors

41 states sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook are addictive, harm kids

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/24/meta-lawsuit-facebook-instagram-children-mental-health/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com

#MetaLawsuit #Instagram #Facebook #Children #MentalHealth #41StatesSueMeta #Politics #News

Reasons why OpenAI and Meta are facing lawsuits from authors #copyrightinfringement

Hashtags: #chatGPT #OpenAILawsuit #MetaLawsuit Summary: OpenAI and Meta, two companies known for their generative AI tools, are facing lawsuits over copyright infringement. Authors Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey have sued OpenAI and Meta, claiming that their books were used without permission to train AI models. Generative AI tools rely on existing content…

https://webappia.com/reasons-why-openai-and-meta-are-facing-lawsuits-from-authors-copyrightinfringement/