{"id":1758468,"date":"2022-12-01T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758468"},"modified":"2022-12-01T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:33:27","slug":"meta-loses-bid-to-toss-suit-alleging-facebook-execs-took-bribes-to-blacklist-adult-entertainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-loses-bid-to-toss-suit-alleging-facebook-execs-took-bribes-to-blacklist-adult-entertainers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Loses Bid To Toss Suit Alleging Facebook Execs Took Bribes To Blacklist Adult Entertainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-loses-bid-to-toss-suit-alleging-facebook-execs-took-bribes-to-blacklist-adult-entertainers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge denied Meta\u2019s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from a trio of adult entertainers who allege that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heads-roll-at-meta-as-zuckerberg-announces-massive-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta executives<\/a>, including former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/filing-reveals-facebook-employees-that-allegedly-took-bribes-to-promote-onlyfans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg<\/a>, took bribes from the owner of the site OnlyFans to blacklist its competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Adult entertainment performers Dawn Dangaard, Kelly Gilbert, and Jennifer Allbaugh filed the federal class-action suit \u2014 which represents roughly 100 of their peers. They contend that three Meta executives took bribes to ensure that the sites on which they performed were added to a global database that included terrorists and other dangerous organizations targeted for removal and demotion by Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plaintiffs revealed in September that they obtained a leaked email from an anonymous tipster, which purports to show wire transfers from Fenix International Ltd., owner of OnlyFans, to three Meta executives,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/meta-fails-to-shake-performers-onlyfans-bribery-lawsuit\">Bloomberg Law<\/a> reported. \u201cThey included Meta\u2019s president of global affairs Nick Clegg, vice president of Meta\u2019s global business group Nicola Mendelsohn, and another employee Cristian Perrella.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who sits in the Northern District of California, rejected Meta\u2019s claim that the complaint does not allege the executives took steps to blacklist the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiffs\u2019 claims are plausible,\u201d Alsup ruled. \u201cTo the extent defendants argue that plaintiffs\u2019 factual allegations are unreliable, that will be tested in discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meta is the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Fenix, which is a co-defendant in the case, is owned by Leonid Radvinsky. Its OnlyFans site allows web users to pay to subscribe to accounts of performers and then shares the revenue with them. OnlyFans content creators use Facebook and Instagram to drive viewers to their sites. By allegedly bribing the Meta executives to demote or delete the posts of competitors, Radvinsky was able to increase traffic and revenue to OnlyFans, according to the suit.<\/p>\n<p>Alsup cited the email that purportedly showed several wire transfers from Fenix defendants to the Meta executives as well as a Facebook whistleblower report that allegedly corroborated the plaintiffs\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertain employees are taking bribes to protect OnlyFans on [Facebook],\u201d the report said. \u201cThey have taken down every OnlyFans competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clegg, a former member of the U.K. parliament who served as leader of the Liberal Democrat Party from 2007-20015 and was deputy prime minister from 2010-2015, moved to the United States after losing his seat in a 2017 election. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg named him Facebook\u2019s vice president for global affairs and communications in 2018. In February of this year, Clegg was promoted to president of global affairs at Meta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge denied Meta\u2019s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from a trio of adult entertainers who allege that Meta executives, including former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, took bribes from the owner of the site OnlyFans to blacklist its competitors. 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