Meta loses bid to bar DC's privacy witness in Cambridge Analytica case
By Madeline Hughes ( June 17, 2026, 17:34 GMT | Insight) -- A District of Columbia Superior Court judge will let a jury decide the believability of a privacy researcher who testified that Facebook deployed dark patterns that likely confused users, after denying the company's motion to exclude the witness on Tuesday.A District of Columbia Superior Court judge will let a jury decide the believability of a privacy researcher who testified that the social media company now known as Meta Platforms deployed dark patterns that likely confused users, after denying the company's motion to exclude the witness on Tuesday....
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