Meta’s Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids – Yahoo Finance

Reuters Videos Wed, February 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM EST STORY: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in court on Wednesday that the Facebook and Instagram operator does not allow kids under 13 on its platforms… :: Mona Edwards …despite being confronted with evidence suggesting they were a key demographic. He took the stand as part of a landmark trial over youth social media addiction. The case involves a California woman who started using Instagram and YouTube as a child. She alleges the companies sought to profit by hooking kids on their services, and claims the apps fueled her depression and suicidal thoughts. Meta and Google have denied the allegations, and pointed to their work to add features that keep users safe. Meanwhile, Meta’s rivals Snap and TikTok settled with the plaintiff before the trial kicked off last week. On Wednesday, Mark Lanier, a lawyer for the woman suing, confronted Zuckerberg with internal Meta documents. He showed jurors emails from 2014 and 2015 in which Zuckerberg laid out aims to increase time spent on Instagram by double-digit percentage points. Zuckerberg said that while Meta previously had goals related to the amount of time users spent on the app, it has since
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