In a bizarre and disturbing twist of digital irony, an American lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg is taking on the world’s most powerful tech company — for deleting his identity.

Mark Stephen Zuckerberg, a respected bankruptcy attorney from Indiana, has filed a lawsuit against Meta after Facebook repeatedly banned his personal and business accounts — claiming he was impersonating none other than Meta’s billionaire CEO, who happens to share the exact same name.

“I’ve had this name longer than he’s been alive,” the 64-year-old attorney said. “And now I’m being punished for it.”

Despite spending over $11,000 on Facebook ads to promote his law firm, Zuckerberg’s accounts have been flagged and taken down multiple times, causing significant disruption to his business and personal life. He’s received death threats, been buried in tech support chaos, and forced to use fake names just to make restaurant reservations — all because Meta’s systems can’t tell the difference between two men named Mark Zuckerberg.

“It’s not funny,” he told WTHR. “Not when they take my money, silence my voice, and erase my identity.”

Crushed by the Algorithm

The lawyer alleges that Meta has not only ignored his complaints for years, but has effectively weaponized its AI-driven systems against him — branding him a fraud simply for existing.

This isn’t just a case of mistaken identity — it’s a chilling example of how automated tech giants can destroy real lives in the name of “security.”

He’s suing for damages, lost revenue, and legal fees, but says he’d also settle for something more poetic: “If Mark let me spend a week on his yacht to say sorry, I’d probably take him up on that,” he quipped.

But behind the humor lies a sobering truth: in Zuckerberg vs Zuckerberg, only one of them gets to exist online. And the other gets banned.

Meta Responds — Weakly

When contacted, Meta said, “We know there’s more than one Mark Zuckerberg in the world, and we are getting to the bottom of this.”

For the lawyer, that response is years too late.

In the age of algorithmic tyranny, even having the wrong name can delete your future.

Who’s next?