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Meta's Top AI Lawyer Quits in Disgust

Joe Wilkins

created: Jan. 24, 2025, 6:27 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

<p>Bye Bye Zucky It turns out users aren't the only ones fleeing Meta. In the midst of a crucial AI-intellectual-property case, Mark Lemley, former council for Meta, announced he had "fired Meta as a client" due to "Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's descent into toxic masculinity and neo-Nazi madness." In an exclusive interview with Wired, the well-renowned copyright lawyer further explained his position. "I am very troubled by the direction in which the country is going," Lemley said. "I am particularly troubled that a number of folks in the tech industry seem to be willing to go along with it, no matter […]</p>

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