Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit
2026-05-05 · r/technology
Publishers and author Scott Turow are suing Meta, alleging that Zuckerberg personally greenlit massive copyright infringement to feed their AI training data appetite. Nothing says 'move fast and break things' quite like allegedly pirating entire libraries worth of copyrighted works. Turns out 'connecting the world' now includes connecting yourself to other people's intellectual property without asking.