"Meta is facing a court fight over documents and testimony in a landmark child safety case in New Mexico. In two recent motions, the New Mexico Attorney General's office alleged that Meta has refused to fully produce internal records about its AI chatbots, which reportedly engaged children and teenagers in sexualized conversations. The state also said Meta declined to consent to a subpoena for former company researcher Jason Sattizahn, who claimed that the company's legal team interfered with internal research on youth safety."
"Meta contends those documents and Sattizahn's testimony are not relevant to the case and beyond the scope of a previous court order, its lawyers wrote in emails included in the motions' exhibits. It hasn't formally responded to these motions yet. The dispute is part of New Mexico v. Meta, a sweeping lawsuit that accuses the company of designing Facebook and Instagram in ways that endanger children's mental health and expose them to sexual exploitation."
New Mexico Attorney General's office filed motions alleging that Meta refused to fully produce internal records about AI chatbots that reportedly engaged children and teenagers in sexualized conversations. The state also alleged that Meta declined to consent to a subpoena for former researcher Jason Sattizahn, who claimed the company's legal team interfered with internal youth-safety research. Meta's lawyers argued the requested documents and testimony are not relevant and fall outside a prior court order, and Meta has denied broader allegations and called the lawsuit mischaracterized. The case, New Mexico v. Meta, alleges designs of Facebook and Instagram endanger children's mental health and expose them to sexual exploitation, with trial scheduled for February 2026.
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