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Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting

A judge has ordered Meta to identify employees who approved the company's use of torrenting to download books from shadow libraries Anna's Archive and LibGen. The ruling is part of ongoing litigation over Meta's use of copyrighted works to train its AI models. Details on the scope of the order and Meta's response remain limited.

Why now: The order sheds new light on the controversial data-gathering practices behind Meta's AI training.

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