[aspenmayer]

> A conspiracy guy who ran a disqualified campaign for a TN rep seat sued Facebook for defamation for a hallucination saying he took part in the J6 riots. They settled the suit and hired him as an anti-DEI advisor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Starbuck#Lawsuit_against...

> (I don’t have proof that hiring him was part of the undisclosed settlement terms but since I’m not braindead I believe it was.)

It seems to be public information that this was a condition of the settlement, so no speculation necessary:

https://www.theverge.com/news/757537/meta-robby-starbuck-con... | https://archive.is/uihsi

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-robby-starbuck-ai-lawsuit-s... | https://archive.is/0VKrL

[tehwebguy]

Yeah but the articles don’t directly attribute that specific part to any source and I’m not trying to get sued next.

[aspenmayer]

Sued for quoting an article? Get real. No judge would approve those charges.