Mark Zuckerberg faces US court over children's addiction to Instagram (Photo- Reuters)
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Digital Desk, New Delhi. Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, faced tough questions in the US Los Angeles court. Actually, during the hearing, Zuckerberg was asked questions about his addiction to Instagram and age verification.
The court asked whether Meta's platforms knowingly cause addiction and harm to children. During this, Zuckerberg not only looked uncomfortable, but was also seen shaking his head and getting agitated at the lawyers' arguments.
During a court hearing, Meta's boss Mark Zuckerberg claimed that Meta has made improvements in identifying underage users, but also said that some users lie about their age when opening accounts on Instagram and the company removes people it identifies as underage. I always wish we could have done this sooner.
Will a nine year old child read your terms?
On this statement of Mark Zuckerberg, the lawyers of the plaintiff who filed the case retaliated by saying that will a nine year old child read the conditions written in those fine print? What are you arguing for whether or not children under 13 are allowed?
Asked repeatedly about verification, Zuckerberg said, "I don't understand why it's so complicated."
what is the whole matter
This whole matter happened with 20 year old Kelly G.M., a resident of California. Is linked to mental health problems. Kelly was a heavy user of social media since childhood. Kelly started using YouTube at the age of six, Instagram at the age of nine, then TikTok and Snapchat and is now facing mental health problems.
This case has been filed regarding this. This is the first of thousands of lawsuits filed by American families against social media platforms, and the hearing marked the first time that the billionaire owner explained, directly in front of a jury and under oath, the security measures in place on his social media platform.
Zuckerberg said in the court that we are at the right place regarding age verification, new tools and methods will be added with time.
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