AFP26 Aug, 2026 12:53 AM4 mins to readHead of Instagram Adam Mosseri leaves court as Meta is on trial over social media addiction in Oakland, California. Photo / AFPAdam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, admitted in a California court on Tuesday that he touted newly launched safety tools for teenagers without disclosing low adoption rates from early testing several years ago.
With more than three billion users around the world, Meta is fending
by a coalition of 29 US states that it deliberately designed its products to hook children and gather their data while misleading the public.
