Wissam Al Mana settles defamation action over fake Facebook ads

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Wissam Al Mana settled his defamation action against Meta over fake Facebook advertisements in the High Court on 15 December 2023. His lawyers told Justice Mark Sanfey the matter had settled and could be struck out; the reports do not say that a strike-out order was made.

As part of the settlement, Meta apologised for third parties’ advertisements using Al Mana’s name and image, and said it would use measures to address similar advertisements in future. No further settlement terms were disclosed in open court.