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Meta didn’t engage in evidence destruction in social media case, US judge rules

By Xu Yuan ( January 13, 2026, 23:13 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms has not sought to destroy evidence in editing internal documents concerning social media’s impact on youth, a US federal judge ruled in a lawsuit over online addiction, allowing Meta to maintain the confidentiality of certain internal communications on the condition that it produces complete iterations of the relevant documents.Meta Platforms has not sought to destroy evidence in editing internal documents concerning social media’s impact on youth, a US federal judge ruled in a lawsuit over online addiction, allowing Meta to maintain the confidentiality of certain internal communications on the condition that it produces complete iterations of the relevant documents....

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