Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before a jury in Los Angeles for the first time in a landmark trial alleging social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook are purposefully designed to be addictive and cause harm to young users. The test case was brought by a woman who claims she began obsessively using YouTube at age six and Instagram at nine, leading to worsened depression and suicidal thoughts. The trial could impact over a thousand similar cases and comes as Australia implements a world-leading ban on social media use for teens under 16.

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