Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.

Privacy and encryption are central themes in legal proceedings involving child safety against Meta and Apple this week.

The Meta CEO said Apple seems to get away with less criticism by lying low.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a series of questions on Thursday in a trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children. In 2024, Zuckerberg was involved in a heated showdown with senator John Kennedy at a House Judiciary Committee hearing over privacy issues surrounding the social media platforms.

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under scrutiny due to accusations that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is ineffective, raising concerns about user privacy. , Technology & Science, Times Now

After scathing research funded by Meta correctly noted that Instagram was inducing body issues in girls, Mark Zuckerberg emailed a baffling, logically fallacious complaint to his staff that Apple was facing less criticism over similar issues.

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Facebook's founder testified at a landmark trial in Los Angeles questioning whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Catch up on what he said below.