Policy1 hOctober 20, 2026, 16:20

Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive and LibGen

Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson ordered Meta to identify everyone involved in decisions to download books from Anna's Archive and LibGen via BitTorrent between 2022 and 2024, including those who decided whether to seed the files. Meta had argued the decisions were team consensus with no formal approvals.

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Judge Orders Meta to Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive and LibGen

Court demands names of those in discussions before the 2023 LibGen download and April 2024 Anna's Archive download
Meta must identify everyone who decided whether or how to seed, or to mitigate seeding
An internal Meta logbook called torrenting 'legally not okay' because it entails sharing content
Entrepreneur Media's suit alleges contributory infringement; fair use of the books was already ruled on

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