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Mosseri denies hiding teen data as Meta faces $18B settlement and whistleblower criticism
technology1 month ago

Mosseri denies hiding teen data as Meta faces $18B settlement and whistleblower criticism

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that he was unaware of internal efforts to limit his access to negative teen safety data, calling it 'news to me.' This testimony occurred alongside the announcement of an $18 billion settlement between Meta and 29 states, which mandates strict time limits and safety defaults for minors. While Meta denies wrongdoing, whistleblower Arturo Béjar argues the settlement fails to address the core algorithmic harms that make platforms addictive.

Zuckerberg Faces Landmark Trial Over Teen Mental Health and Social Design
technology8 months ago

Zuckerberg Faces Landmark Trial Over Teen Mental Health and Social Design

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a landmark trial alleging that social-media design contributes to teen mental-health harms, defending progress on identifying underage users while acknowledging it should have come sooner; plaintiffs pressed about age-verification and harmful design in a bellwether case focusing on YouTube and Instagram’s impact on a young woman’s mental health, amid broader litigation that could yield large payouts and force design changes.