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They already do and they don’t even have to be powerful.

A conspiracy guy who ran a disqualified campaign for a TN rep seat sued Facebook for defamation for a hallucination saying he took part in the J6 riots. They settled the suit and hired him as an anti-DEI advisor.

(I don’t have proof that hiring him was part of the undisclosed settlement terms but since I’m not braindead I believe it was.)



> A conspiracy guy who ran a disqualified campaign for a TN rep seat sued Facebook for defamation for a hallucination saying he took part in the J6 riots. They settled the suit and hired him as an anti-DEI advisor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Starbuck#Lawsuit_against...

> (I don’t have proof that hiring him was part of the undisclosed settlement terms but since I’m not braindead I believe it was.)

It seems to be public information that this was a condition of the settlement, so no speculation necessary:

https://www.theverge.com/news/757537/meta-robby-starbuck-con... | https://archive.is/uihsi

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-robby-starbuck-ai-lawsuit-s... | https://archive.is/0VKrL


Yeah but the articles don’t directly attribute that specific part to any source and I’m not trying to get sued next.


Sued for quoting an article? Get real. No judge would approve those charges.




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