What Mark Zuckerberg told court in social media addiction trial when confronted with internal Instagram presentation that talked about ‘strategy’ to woo teenagers

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced tough questioning in the Los Angeles courtroom this week during the landmark trial over whether social media platforms were deliberately designed to be addictive and harmful to young users. As reported by NBC News, Zuckerberg was pressed about an internal Instagram presentation which discussed strategies to attract teenagers on the platform. Lawyers asked Zuckerberg whether Meta wanted people to be addicted to its platforms, responding to the question, Zuckerberg said, “I’m focused on building a community that is sustainable. If you do something that’s not good for people, maybe they’ll spend more time [on Instagram] short term, but if they’re not happy with it, they’re not going to use it over time. I’m not trying to maximise the amount of time people spend every month.”