Zuckerberg Defends Meta in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial

Zuckerberg's Trial Testimony Pushes Back on Social Media Addiction Claims

Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta's social media platforms and addressed his public persona in a Los Angeles courtroom.

'This was addiction by design... I call it murder': Parents' anger as Zuckerberg faces court

Grieving parents awaited Mark Zuckerberg's arrival at a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for what is being called the social media industry's "big tobacco moment".

Zuckerberg Defiant In Social Media Trial Testimony: “I’m Focused On Building A Community That Is Sustainable”

Meta CEO Zuckerberg pushed back hard today in court over claims that social media platforms like Instagram aim to hook and potentially harm users through calibrated algorithms and other engineering Unlike rivals and one-tine fellow defendants TikTok and Snap, the Facebook founder showed no sign of even contemplating settling a potentially game changing mental health lawsuit against social media giants In fact, in testimony Wednesday in downt…

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony

The Meta CEO stuck to a playbook of repetitive answers and buzzwords in a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Mark Zuckerberg Testifies at Landmark Trial on Teen Social-Media Addiction

Billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand Wednesday at a landmark tech-addiction trial in Los Angeles and flatly denied he ever set company-wide marching orders to juice “time spent” on Meta’s platforms or lure kids under 13 as users. Under blistering cross-examination from plaintiff’s attorney Mark Lanier, the Meta chief looked visibly irritated at times, arching his eyebrows and shifting in his chair as he was confronted wi…

Mark Zuckerberg quizzed on kids’ Instagram use in social media trial

LOS ANGELES -- Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about young people's use of Instagram, his congressional testimony and internal advice he's received about being "authentic" and not "robotic."