GoKawiilCourt orders Meta to identify staff who approved torrenting pirated book sites
A federal judge has ordered Meta to disclose the names of employees who authorized the company's use of torrenting to download materials from shadow libraries Anna's Archive and Library Genesis, reportedly used to train its AI models. The ruling emerges from ongoing litigation over Meta's data-sourcing practices for AI training.
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The order could expose which executives or engineers signed off on using pirated book repositories, a detail that may shape liability arguments in the broader copyright case against Meta. It suggests courts are pushing for individual accountability rather than allowing companies to deflect responsibility onto corporate policy alone.
- A judge has compelled Meta to name employees who approved torrenting from Anna's Archive and Libgen.
- The decision ties into litigation examining how Meta sourced data for AI training.
- Naming individuals could increase scrutiny on internal decision-making around copyrighted content use.
Source: yro.slashdot.org, 2026-10-21
Published there as: “Judge Orders Meta To Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive, Libgen”
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