The man who defeated Facebook in a lawsuit
Zach Wurtz, a political operative living in Washington, USA, has defeated Facebook in a small claims suit in the United States, according to
The Guy Who Beat Facebook in Small Claims Court
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Mr. Warts is a political operative who makes a living by undertaking unglamorous and sometimes dirty work for political candidates. Specifically, what kind of work do you do? diffuse. Mr. Warts has caused a small claims lawsuit with Facebook over the transparency of political advertising.
Mr. Wertz's clients include many famous politicians, including the incumbent governor of Washington and senators. That's why we need all kinds of data about election ads, whether it's data about election ads on Facebook or data about traditional election ads broadcast by local radio and TV stations. Since Washington State has a law that requires the disclosure of data on election advertising, Mr. Warts has relied on this to disclose data.
However, after Facebook refused to disclose election advertising data to Mr. Werts, Mr. Wertz appears to have filed a small claims action against Facebook. The case was presided over by Judge Kevin G. Eilmes of the Small Claims Division of the District Court in Yakima County, Washington. Mr. Warts claims that Facebook's refusal to disclose data on election advertising has resulted in a total loss of $75,000 (about 11 million yen) in the past four election campaigns.
Regarding Facebook's refusal to disclose data on election ads, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson also said, ``(Facebook has repeatedly violated Washington's political advertising transparency law).'' and
The Attorney General and Mr. Werts, who are fighting with Facebook on the exact same issue, but the Attorney General is acting in the interest of the people of the state, while Mr. Werts said, `` Facebook's lack of transparency has cost money. I am filing a lawsuit from a more personal point of view, as I am complaining that I lost it. Wild West points out that this is 'novel'.
Facebook has argued that it discloses information through its
``Very interesting,'' Judge Eilmes said at a hearing on Mr. Wertz's small claims case on January 11, 2022. Facebook officials did not attend this hearing, but Mr. Warts eventually won the lawsuit. The small claims court has ordered Facebook to pay damages of $ 999 (about 144,000 yen). In addition, Mr. Warts said that he claimed this amount because he thought that the amount of damages that could be claimed in a small claim lawsuit was 'less than $ 1000 (about 144,000 yen)', but in reality it was up to $ 10,000 (about 1.44 million yen) . Mr. Warts, who was told about this by Wild West, said, 'Fucking ... I should have kept it at $ 5,000.'
This isn't the first time he has filed a lawsuit over Facebook's refusal to disclose election advertising-related data, and he filed a similar lawsuit against Facebook in the Seattle-based King County District Court in the summer of 2020. waking up
At that time, when Mr. Warts requested Facebook to publish data related to election advertisements, he was told by the person in charge, ``Please check the advertising materials directly at the Seattle office.'' Following this, Mr. Werts said that when he visited Facebook's Seattle office, he was reported to the police and the company almost sued him for trespassing. In response, Mr. Warts decided to sue Facebook in King County District Court, but he could not afford to hire a lawyer, so he decided to file a small claims action that usually does not involve a lawyer.
``I had to be one of the first to file a small lawsuit against Facebook's election disclosure law violation,'' Wartz said. ``Still, I'm a Facebook fan. , I like connecting with my friends, but I just want Facebook to obey the law.' In addition, in the small claims lawsuit filed by Mr. Warts in the King group, Facebook ultimately won, and Mr. Warts refused the settlement proposal from Facebook.
``Facebook should be able to comply with the election advertising disclosure law,'' Wirts said, saying that even local TV stations, which are much less well-funded than Facebook, are complying with Washington's election advertising disclosure law. He said the reason for filing the small claims lawsuit was ``to make Facebook comply with the Election Advertising Disclosure Act,'' and said he planned to donate the $999 to be paid as damages.
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