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Didn't that lawsuit end up being entirely misconstrued [1, 2]? IANAL, so I can't verify the legitimacy of the sources there but it made sense to me. I'm interes
by nikmobi 9y ago
Didn't that lawsuit end up being entirely misconstrued [1, 2]? IANAL, so I can't verify the legitimacy of the sources there but it made sense to me. I'm interested if someone more aware of the situation and laws has insight.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/7bwh7q/mark_zuckerberg_sued_native_hawaiians_for_their/dplnhf4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/7bwh7q/mark_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/7bwh7q/mark_zuckerberg_sued_native_hawaiians_for_their/dplj8xl/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/7bwh7q/mark_...
- craftyguy 9y agoI'm not so sure that random comments on reddit are a good source of credible information. I suppose the same could be said about random comments on HN without credible sources.
- mirimir 9y agoThe matter was widely reported in January 2017.
- craftyguy 9y agoStill waiting for those credible sources!
- mirimir 9y agoHere's a CNBC article about his reconsideration: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-reconsidering-hawaii-property-lawsuits.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg... And here's his statement about having done so: https://web.archive.org/web/20170130025034/http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/guest/mark-zuckerberg-and-priscilla-chan-we-are-dropping-our-quiet/article_e80fc17c-e4b1-11e6-bc5c-9308d8f880f4.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170130025034/http://thegardeni... OK?
- mirimir 9y agoI gather that he dropped the lawsuits, after public outcry. But notwithstanding his change of heart, he did file them. And arguably, he only dropped them because of the bad PR.