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Meta Seeks to Bar Mentions of Mental Health—and Zuckerberg’s Harvard Past—From Child Safety Trial

Wired · Lauren Goode · last updated

The trial starts soon in New Mexico’s case against Meta—and the company is pulling out all the stops to protect its reputation.

As Meta heads to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation, the company is making an aggressive push to have certain information excluded from the court proceedings.

 

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