May 24, 2023
Meta Platforms Inc. and a Philadelphia news anchor have agreed to end a lawsuit claiming the social media company allowed her likeness to be used without her permission in racy advertisements on Facebook, a case that spotlighted the evolution of internet content regulation.
April 22, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday refused to let Facebook out of a lawsuit filed by a Philadelphia news anchor claiming the company allowed her likeness to be used without her permission in advertisements for erectile dysfunction treatments and online dating services.
August 03, 2020
Following his dismissal of Facebook and Reddit in June, a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday nixed the last defendant — a Czech Republic-based porn website operator — from a Philadelphia local news anchor's lawsuit alleging her likeness was used without her permission in advertisements.
June 05, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday threw out claims from a Philadelphia local news anchor that Facebook, Reddit and image hosting website Imgur had allowed her likeness to be used without her permission in advertisements for erectile dysfunction treatments and online dating services.
March 04, 2020
The websites Reddit and Giphy asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday to throw out a Philadelphia news anchor's claims that they were culpable for her photo being shared in ads and posts on prurient websites and forums, since the sites had no connection to the state and the posts were made outside the statute of limitations.
February 11, 2020
Facebook has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to throw out a local television anchor's $10 million lawsuit over advertisements for erectile dysfunction treatments and online dating that featured her picture, saying it can't be held liable for content created by third parties.
September 05, 2019
A "Good Day Philadelphia" co-anchor on Wednesday hit Facebook, Reddit, Imgur and Giphy with a $10 million suit alleging the social networking and image sharing sites violated Pennsylvania publicity law by posting erectile dysfunction and dating website advertisements that featured her photo.