Jun. 4, 2025
Ex-employees' communications wrongly shielded, Meta argues
Meta urges a judge to compel whistleblowers to disclose communications, arguing his ruling overly protects former employees' First Amendment rights without sufficient evidence in social media addiction litigation.
Meta Platforms Inc. asked a federal judge in Oakland on Tuesday to force two former-employees-turned-whistleblowers to turn over communications with other Meta staffers that defendants claim are central to the sprawling social media addiction multidistrict litigation against some of the world's largest tech companies.
Meta argues that the judge's ruling wrongly shields former employees' communications from discovery, claiming an overly broad First Amendment right of as...
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