A woman in Houston who claims to be a victim of “revenge porn” is suing Facebook and her former friend for $123 million.
Meryam Ali claims that her former friend Adeel Shah Khan created a fake Facebook page in her name that contained doctored pictures that placed her face on “phony, false, naked body shots,” reports The Wrap.
Ali stated she learnt about the existence of the profile in December and asked Facebook to remove it, though the social network failed to take action.
According to The Wrap, it was not until months later when the Houston Police Department summoned Facebook in an attempt to name the creator of the false account that the fake page was eventually removed.
“It is a very serious situation. She is clearly quite mad about what occurred, very upset,” David Altenbem, Ali’s attorney told Texas Lawyer magazine.
The lawsuit tries to get Facebook as well as everyone connected to the site “to get up, take notice and pay attention to the serious privacy violations concerns involved in revenge porn situations,” reported the website.
The $123 million figure comes from 10 cents in damages for each of the 1.23 billion members of the social network, writes The Wrap.
Neither Khan nor Facebook has responded to a comment requested from the Texas Lawyer.