US EditionZuckerberg testifies at trial accusing social media firms of addicting kids to their platforms
Zuckerberg faces questions on Instagram's design and age policies amid claims from 1,600 plaintiffs that social media platforms harm youth mental health, trial seen as a test case.
- Mark Zuckerberg testified before a jury in a Los Angeles trial about accusations that Meta's social media platforms addict children and harm their mental health.
- Zuckerberg acknowledged challenges enforcing age restrictions on Instagram, noting Meta has improved tools to detect and remove underage users, but some lie about their age to bypass limits.
- Plaintiffs allege Meta designed addictive features to exploit children for profit, while Meta denies these claims and says it focuses on user safety and utility, disputing significant mental health harms caused by Instagram.
- The trial includes other social media companies, with TikTok and Snap settling earlier; the case may influence future litigation and regulation regarding social media's impact on youth mental health.
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Zuckerberg Defends Meta in Landmark Trial
Mark Zuckerberg spent hours on the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday insisting he never ordered Meta to keep users—especially kids—hooked on its apps, even as lawyers projected his own emails on a screen a few feet away. The Meta CEO was grilled in a landmark trial...
Zuckerberg grilled about Meta’s strategy to target ‘teens’ and ‘tweens’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was clearly getting testy.“That’s not what I’m saying at all,” said the tech billionaire. “I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying,” Zuckerberg responded. “You’re mischaracterizing what I’m saying,” he shot back.The executive was testifying on Wednesday before a jury in Los Angeles in a marquee social media trial accusing Meta of deliberately designing features of Instagram to addict children, and the legal team …
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