August 12, 2026
A California federal judge has rejected Meta Platforms' attempt to prevent a deposition of CEO Mark Zuckerberg in four artificial intelligence copyright cases, adopting arguments from publishers and authors who contend Zuckerberg has firsthand knowledge of company decisions concerning Meta's AI development efforts.
August 07, 2026
Meta Platforms has asked a California federal judge to block a deposition of CEO Mark Zuckerberg in four copyright lawsuits over the company's artificial intelligence training practices, arguing the plaintiffs have not shown he possesses unique firsthand knowledge and have not exhausted other discovery options.
May 05, 2026
Book publishers and legal novelist Scott Turow hit Meta Platforms Inc. with a proposed class action in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing it of training its Llama large language models on millions of copyrighted books and articles from pirate sites instead of licensing the material.