Meta criticized over ‘concerning’ evidence approach by US judge in social media case
By Xu Yuan ( October 9, 2026, 22:43 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms was reprimanded by a US judge over the way it has applied legal privilege to internal communications and documents, as it faces requests to re-review hundreds of thousands of documents for an upcoming trial over social media addiction.Meta Platforms was reprimanded by a US judge over the way it has applied legal privilege to internal communications and documents, as it faces requests to re-review hundreds of thousands of documents for an upcoming trial over social media addiction....
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