( May 18, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 15 affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a suit against Meta Platforms Inc. and multiple parties filed by a man who said he was defamed by posts made about him in the Are We Dating the Same Guy? Facebook group, finding in part that the claim for violation of the Illinois Right of Publicity Act (IRPA) fails because the man did not allege that his likeness was used for a commercial purpose (Nikko D’Ambrosio v. Meta Platforms Inc., et al., No. 25-2231, 7th Cir., 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 14045). ...