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Overview
- Adam Mosseri is scheduled to testify today in Los Angeles about whether Instagram’s design harms children and teens.
- On day two, Google’s lawyer argued the plaintiff is not addicted, citing medical records and an average of 29 minutes of daily YouTube use over five years.
- Plaintiffs opened by comparing platform mechanics to slot machines after the judge declined to block tobacco-style analogies.
- Upcoming witnesses include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on February 18 and YouTube chief Neal Mohan later in the trial.
- TikTok and Snapchat settled before the jury trial began, and Meta has been airing a large TV campaign promoting teen-safety features, according to ad-tracking groups.