Zuckerberg to Testify in First Major Social Media Addiction Case
WSJ What’s News
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 1:09.0 | Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify today in a landmark trial on social media addiction. |
| 1:15.6 | It's the first of several bellwether trials planned in California |
| 1:18.7 | and revolves around a young woman's claim that platforms like Meta's Instagram foster addiction in adolescence |
| 1:25.0 | and caused her a host of mental health problems. The plaintiff's |
| 1:28.6 | lawyer, Mark Lanier, told Fox businesses Varney & Co. What he plans to ask Zuckerberg. |
| 1:34.0 | Well, we slapped a subpoena on Mark Zuckerberg on purpose because we've got documents with his |
| 1:39.0 | name that he authored that we believe show he put profits over the safety of children. |
| 1:46.2 | Meta says that it has consistently put teen safety ahead of growth. |
| 1:50.7 | The company's lawyers say its products aren't addictive and aren't responsible for a plaintiff's |
| 1:55.5 | mental health issues. |
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