Hunt

BACKGROUND

In the Complaint, Hunt asserts that on two occasions in August and October 2023, “my personal Facebook account was hacked and someone posted a lie that | was moving and that I had trucks, cars and furniture for sale.” Compl. at 2, ECF No. 4. He further contends that after the hacks occurred, he was taken “from the dedicated care of my family,” and that anonymous hackers began “posting more false misrepresentations from my account on Facebook ....” /d. at 3. Hunt also states that he is “afraid someone will come to my house and hurt me and my family because I do not have these items to sell on Facebook.” /d. at 4. Hunt has attached screenshots from his

Facebook account showing that he was purportedly listing items for sale and a letter he sent on September 1, 2023 to Mark Zuckerberg, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Meta, requesting assistance in removing the content posted by the hackers. On October 23, 2023, Hunt filed this civil action against Meta in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland. In the Complaint, liberally construed, Hunt alleges a negligence claim against Meta arising out of Meta’s failure to safeguard…