Mark Zuckerberg’s entourage threatened with contempt for wearing Meta AI glasses into a no-recording courtroom
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Key Points:
- During Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony at a social media addiction trial, a judge threatened contempt of court for members of his team wearing Meta AI glasses capable of recording, which is prohibited in the courtroom.
- The trial centers on whether social media platforms, including Meta and YouTube, deliberately designed features to addict young users, with the plaintiff alleging mental health harm from social media addiction; TikTok and Snap settled prior to trial.
- Zuckerberg denied being coached on his public appearances despite internal Meta documents suggesting efforts to make him appear more authentic, and he rejected the notion that Instagram’s design goals included increasing user time on the app.
- Plaintiff’s lawyers pressed Zuckerberg on Instagram’s enforcement of age restrictions, with Zuckerberg acknowledging underage users sometimes lie about
