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Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media trial

Meta’s Zuckerberg testifies about social media’s effects on children in landmark trial

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled Wednesday about whether his company intentionally designed Instagram to be addictive, in front of the young woman accusing Meta and YouTube of hooking her as a child and damaging her mental health.

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Zuckerberg questioned on under-13 Instagram users in social media trial

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in social media trial

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Mark Zuckerberg grilled about underage Instagram users, social media addiction during landmark trial

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in a landmark trial that could set a precedent for whether social media platforms are responsible for harming children.

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Zuckerberg defends Meta in landmark social media addiction trial

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in trial over alleged social media harm to children

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Zuckerberg arrives to testify in social media addiction trial

The Los Angeles hearing, in which Google's YouTube is also a defendant, is being closely watched for its implications for thousands of similar lawsuits facing social media giants.

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Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids

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Meta trial explained: What’s at stake in case against Mark Zuckerberg’s platforms

Is social media addictive? How it keeps you clicking and the harms it can cause

Big tech companies argue their platforms are communication tools not traps, and that addiction is a mischaracterisation of high engagement.

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Gov. JB Pritzker proposes new social media fee to help fund Illinois public schools

Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide fee on social media companies in an effort to raise $200 million a year for education, as the state grapples with a $2 billion budget shortfall.