Overview
- Adam Mosseri testified that social-media overuse should be viewed as 'problematic use' rather than clinical addiction and noted he is not a medical expert.
- Plaintiffs presented November 2019 internal emails about face filters, and Mosseri defended Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to allow them despite internal warnings about harms to young girls and competitive pressure from TikTok.
- The suit centers on a 20-year-old, identified as Kaley G. M., who alleges severe mental harm after becoming hooked on Instagram and YouTube as a child.
- Meta’s attorney Paul Schmidt argued the plaintiff’s psychological decline stemmed from family issues rather than product design.
- Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify on Feb. 18, followed by YouTube chief Neil Mohan on Feb. 19, with Meta and YouTube now the remaining defendants after TikTok and Snapchat settled before trial.