Meta and Google are fighting a US court ruling that sought to reveal its algorithms to the Iranian government

Meta and Google are fighting a US court ruling that sought to reveal its algorithms to the Iranian government<br><br>Meta and Google are fighting a US court ruling that sought to reveal its algorithms to the Iranian government<br><br>According to Cnet, the trial court's ruling could quickly be overturned based on a jurisdictional issue.<br><br>The Iranian government is seeking to obtain the algorithms used by Google and Meta. To find out how they ended up in a DC courtroom.<br><br>According to a Washington Post report, a US judge has ordered Google and Meta to turn over their search algorithms to the Iranian government, which is seeking to use them as evidence in a defamation case against an Iranian businessman.<br><br>The Iranian government alleges that the businessman in question, who now lives in California, defamed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in statements he made during a speech in Washington, D.C. in 2019.<br><br>In an effort to obtain evidence and build its case against the businessman, the Iranian government has issued subpoenas to Google and Meta, which own YouTube and Facebook, respectively. This has sparked a heated legal battle, with both companies fiercely resisting the request.