Technology
Aug. 11, 2026
Meta seeks to bar whistleblower from social media addiction trial
Meta claims former engineer Arturo Bejar destroyed Signal messages with former company employees that could have been relevant to its defense in the states' bellwether trial.
Days before jury selection begins in a bellwether trial over Meta's alleged role in youth social media addiction, the company has asked a federal judge to bar a prominent whistleblower from testifying, accusing him of destroying potentially relevant communications with former Meta employees.
Meta on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to sanction former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar, who worked at the company from 2009 to 2015 and has testified in high-profile...
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