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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says in Deposition that He Resisted Censoring Platforms

On Wednesday, jurors in Santa Fe watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recorded last year that probed what Facebook and Instagram architects knew about young users’ negative experiences, with Zuckerberg dismissing anecdotal examples as unconvincing.
Prosecutors allege Meta is accused of violating state consumer-protection laws by hiding dangers of addiction and child exploitation, with the New Mexico bellwether trial potentially shaping thousands of lawsuits.
Zuckerberg conceded he set employee goals to increase teenagers' time spent on the platform and lifted Instagram's temporary ban on cosmetic filters.
After his Los Angeles testimony last month, Meta CEO Zuckerberg answered questions from Congress about youth safety, according to public responses.
Evidence shown included user messages dating to Facebook's 2008 infancy, and prosecutors used pretrial depositions to confront Zuckerberg with internal company communications.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says in deposition that he resisted censoring platforms

Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on teenagers and children on Wednesday watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that explores what the architects of Facebook and Instagram knew from internal research about negative experiences by young users and how the company responded since its early years.

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