Overview
- Adam Mosseri told jurors that Instagram users may show problematic behavior but are not clinically addicted, drawing a challenge from the plaintiff’s counsel over his expertise.
- Under questioning, Mosseri disclosed a roughly $900,000 salary, potential cash bonus up to half that amount, and stock compensation that can reach about $10 million in a year.
- YouTube’s lawyer argued the service functions like a streaming platform rather than a social network and said the plaintiff averaged about 29 minutes of daily viewing from 2020 to 2024.
- Plaintiff’s attorneys presented internal documents from Meta and Google and invoked litigation tactics used against tobacco companies to argue the platforms were engineered to hook minors.
- Snap and TikTok settled before trial, and the court has scheduled testimony from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on February 18 and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on February 19.