( August 7, 2026, 23:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Arturo Bejar, a key witness for the plaintiffs in previous addictive design trials against Meta Platforms in New Mexico, Los Angeles and Tennessee, should be blocked from testifying in an approaching trial brought by 29 states making addictive design claims against Meta, the company told a federal judge in Oakland, California. Bejar destroyed records by communicating with state attorneys general using ephemeral messages on Signal, Meta said in a court filing. "Mr. Bejar’s disregard for multiple preservation notices, Meta’s subpoena, and this Court’s own Order requiring him to produce the very types of communications he destroyed demonstrate that his spoliation was done in bad faith, or at a minimum with gross negligence," Meta told the judge.See attached document....
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