( June 17, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked a US judge for leave to immediately appeal an order on summary judgment in a privacy case over voiceprints. Meta said the question of whether a voice recording, on its own, qualifies as a voiceprint simply because a defendant has the technical capability to convert the recording into an entirely different type of data that, together with other data in the defendant’s possession, could identify the speaker, is a controlling legal question with ample grounds for disagreement. See attached file....
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