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Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial
Zuckerberg faces questions on Instagram’s design choices allegedly worsening youth mental health amid a trial that could influence 1,600 similar lawsuits, court officials said.
- On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in Los Angeles in a landmark social media addiction trial, marking the first time he answers youth-safety claims before the jury.
- Kaley G.M. and her mother allege Meta and YouTube designed addictive algorithms that damaged her mental health, while internal Meta documents identify tweens ages 10 to 12 as especially valuable.
- Court filings show prolonged platform use, including days exceeding 16 hours, as Kaley G.M. began using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9; TikTok and Snapchat settled before the trial.
- A verdict for the plaintiff could expose Meta to billions in damages and set precedent for more than 1,500 similar lawsuits as 12 jurors deliberate until late March.
- The Los Angeles case is unfolding alongside a federal Oakland case and a New Mexico trial this month, with school-district lawsuits set for later this year.
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Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in landmark social media addiction trial
Meta CEO and billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set to be questioned for the first time in a U.S. court on Wednesday about Instagram's effect on the mental health of young users, as a landmark trial over youth social media addiction continues.
Mark Zuckerberg is taking the stand as social media goes on trial
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Lori Schott didn't care what it took to haul her way from her small town in Eastern Colorado to show up to a Los Angeles courtroom where Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday. "I don't care if I had to hire a pack mule to get me here, I was going to be here," she told The Verge outside the courthouse Tuesday. Schott's daughter Annalee died by suicide at age 18 in 2…
Meta's Zuckerberg faces questioning at youth addiction trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 : Meta Platforms CEO and billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set to be questioned for the first time in a U.S. court on Wednesday about Instagram's effect on the mental health of young users, as a landmark trial over youth social media addiction continues.While Zuckerberg has p
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