August 12, 2026
A California federal judge has rejected Meta Platforms' attempt to prevent a deposition of CEO Mark Zuckerberg in four artificial intelligence copyright cases, adopting arguments from publishers and authors who contend Zuckerberg has firsthand knowledge of company decisions concerning Meta's AI development efforts.
August 07, 2026
Meta Platforms has asked a California federal judge to block a deposition of CEO Mark Zuckerberg in four copyright lawsuits over the company's artificial intelligence training practices, arguing the plaintiffs have not shown he possesses unique firsthand knowledge and have not exhausted other discovery options.
January 13, 2026
Meta Platforms has filed responses in two California cases where it is accused of unlawfully using copyrighted material to train its artificial intelligence models, asking a court to reject an attempt from authors to update their pleadings and urging the same court to dismiss most of a separate complaint from Entrepreneur magazine.
November 06, 2025
The owner of Entrepreneur magazine hit Meta Platforms Inc. with the latest suit accusing an artificial intelligence developer of infringing copyrighted material, telling a California federal court Thursday Meta "seeks to build a multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence empire on a foundation of systematic and widespread copyright theft."