US EditionZuckerberg testifies at trial accusing social media firms of addicting kids to their platforms
Mark Zuckerberg faces intense questioning over Meta’s role in youth mental health amid a trial examining addictive platform designs and internal safety tool failures.
- In Los Angeles Superior Court, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Wednesday about whether Meta’s platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
- The lawsuit centers on K.G.M., who alleges early Instagram and YouTube use caused addiction and worsened her depression and suicidal thoughts, claiming deliberate design choices for profit.
- Questioning has centered on cosmetic filters, with Adam Mosseri testifying that it's 'a personal thing,' and he believes it's 'possible to use Instagram more than you feel good about.'
- The case is a bellwether that could affect thousands of similar lawsuits and is the first from more than 1,600 plaintiffs, including over 350 families and over 250 school districts.
- A similar trial is expected in the Northern District of California, involving Meta and YouTube, after TikTok and Snap settled with the plaintiff last week, according to sources.
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Kara Swisher says Mark Zuckerberg ‘pushing down his responsibility’ amid landmark social media addiction trial
Mark Zuckerberg took the stand to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens. Kara Swisher joins CNN’s Boris Sanchez to react.
The immense problem of child and youth addiction to social networks is at the heart of the American media and judicial conversation. At the end of January, one of the first trials expected this year on the subject, in which a young woman and her family try to demonstrate that the applications of the networks—beyond the content—are specifically generated to engage. Kaley’s case, as the woman is called, is only the wick of the approximately 1,500 …
The CEO of Meta appeared for the first time before judges in the trial involving more than 1600 plaintiffs who aim to demonstrate how the platforms were built with mechanisms that lead to dependence
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