Social media addiction trial: Mark Zuckerberg says increasing engagement on Instagram is not a company goal and that Meta removes underage users it identifies
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against the notion that the social media company made increasing time spent on Instagram a company goal.
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Under oath today, watched by bereaved parents, a jury of his peers, and concerned citizens around the globe, Zuckerberg's dissembling excuses and lies are landing flat — and the images from today's courthouse appearance will haunt him as the quest for accountability continues.
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Meta & others in Big Tech will not change until their CEOs are forced to testify & face a jury for their dangerous & defective products. Zuckerberg's testimony on Instagram's harm to kids will be a milestone in efforts to reign in Big Tech. https://www.cnn.com/...
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@philthatremains
Phil Labonte
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zuckerberg testifying in court today about instagram destroying kids' mental health. only took a decade and thousands of lawsuits
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@amy_siskind
@amy_siskind
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Zuckerberg is a punk. Walking into the courthouse with an entourage acting like a walking advertisement for his products. Sick man.
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@kyle_a_morse
Kyle Jacobs-Morse
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Rancid behavior from @Meta. “Zuckerberg's courthouse entourage showed up in Meta Ray-Bans” https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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@sachalouise
Sacha Haworth
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think of the split screen here. Just as Zuck does his perp walk into an LA courthouse to stand trial for harming kids, his company @Meta drops another $65M into our elections. this is why people like him believe they'll never be held accountable.
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@barnes_law
Robert Barnes
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A major trial in California that exposes the scale of outright evil the social media giants engaged in — addicting kids to their severe mental health harm.
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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Mark Zuckerberg is testifying today in a trial about whether his products addicts kids.
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NEW: Illustrations from inside the courtroom show Mark Zuckerberg being sworn in and confronted with evidence as the Meta CEO testified this morning in the ongoing landmark social media trials in Los Angeles. #BigTechAddictsKids [image]
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Zuckerberg is testifying in a first-of-its-kind trial where a woman alleges that years of social media use led to anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia, and claims the platforms were intentionally designed to be addictive for children.
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Karl Bode
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I really wanted him to wear his midlife crisis hoodie and chains to trial
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@alexlaughs
Alex Sujong Laughlin
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guy who built an app to rate the hotness of teenage girls denies role in destroying self esteem of teenage girls www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/m...
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@theresistanceco
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Nice to see this judge has as much contempt for these bullshit meta glasses as I do! — You record me without my permission, I am punching those glasses off your face. I don't support your surveillance state or the invasion of my privacy! — www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/m...
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Dave Lee
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Having members of your entourage wear Meta RayBans into a court room is .. a choice www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/m...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss “wellbeing of teens and kids.”
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Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health. Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’. — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...