INSTAGRAM CHIEF ADAM MOSSERI DEFENDS META’S SAFETY RECORD AS HE TESTIFIES IN US TRIAL ACCUSING INSTAGRAM OF CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH MENTAL-HEALTH HARMS. STATES PRESSED MOSSERI OVER LOW TEEN USE OF INSTAGRAM’S “TAKE A BREAK” FEATURE, WHILE FORMER META STAFF SAID SAFETY MEASURES FACED CONCERNS OVER IMPACT ON ENGAGEMENT METRICS.

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‼️ BREAKING: 29 US states opened trial against Meta in Oakland federal court today, alleging it designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children and unlawfully collected minors' data. Jurors were shown an internal email to Instagram chief Adam Mosseri naming "teen time spent" as the goal, and said staff called the app a drug and themselves pushers. Meta says penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, close to its entire market value. The states' attorneys general told a hearing last week the figure is likelier near $200 billion, roughly three years of Meta's after-tax profit. Zuckerberg is expected to testify during the trial.

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META $META IS DISCUSSING A SETTLEMENT WITH 29 STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIAL The talks are unconfirmed, sourced to people familiar with the matter, per Bloomberg. Meta declined to comment and so did California's attorney general's office. The case is only in its second week in federal court in Oakland, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has already testified, and lawyers expect to call Mark Zuckerberg. By Meta's own calculations, losing could mean penalties as high as $1.4 trillion, close to the company's entire market capitalization. Bloomberg describes an amount unheard of in legal history, and notes any settlement would come in far below it. The states allege Meta knowingly designed features that encouraged compulsive use by young people while misleading consumers about safety tools, and that it collected data from users under 13 in violation of federal law. Meta denies all of it and has accused the states of seeking unreasonable design changes and an "outlandish payout."