The plaintiffs allege that Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg “personally authorized and actively encouraged" copyright infringement.
May 5, 2026 at 3:08 p.m. EDTYesterday at 3:08 p.m. EDT
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Los Angeles in February. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
Five leading publishers and a best-selling author filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant violated copyright law by training its generative artificial intelligence platform on millions of illegally pirated books and articles.