Zuckerberg to Be Deposed by Texas Over Meta Facial Scanning

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Mark Zuckerberg can’t avoid being called for a deposition in Texas’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging that Meta Platforms Inc. profits from facial recognition technology without user consent, a state appeals court ruled.

Tuesday’s decision left in place a lower-court order compelling Zuckerberg’s testimony after Texas argued the social network company’s chief executive officer has “unique personal knowledge” of information relevant to the case.