00:00Mark Zuckerberg was swarmed by cameras as he made his way into the Los Angeles Superior Court
00:05to face accusations that his company's platforms are deliberately addictive and harmful to children.
00:11On the witness stand, the 41-year-old CEO of Meta claimed improvements had been made to Instagram
00:17to verify whether children under the age of 13 were using the platform, adding, quote,
00:22I always wish we could have gotten there sooner.
00:25Meta is being sued by a 20-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM who claims her use of
00:31social media
00:32starting at the age of 11 addicted her to the platforms and led to depression and suicidal thoughts.
00:39It's just the first in a group of cases including more than 1,600 plaintiffs, 350 families, and 250 school
00:47districts
00:47that claim that the owners of Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Snap knowingly designed addictive products
00:54that harm a young user's mental health.
00:57Parents are demanding answers from Zuckerberg and others.
01:01At a protest outside Snap's headquarters, one father said his 12-year-old son died as a result of his
01:07addiction to the platform.
01:08And we're here because we're angry.
01:10We're saying not another child, not another family should go through what we've gone through.
01:16KGM's case is one of three so-called bellwether trials chosen from hundreds of related lawsuits.
01:22Meta's platforms and Google's YouTube are the two remaining defendants in the case, which TikTok and Snap have settled.
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