Feb. 12, 2026
Instagram chief pressed on growth versus teen safety at trial
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified as an adverse witness in the first bellwether trial of Los Angeles County's coordinated minors' social media litigation, as jurors reviewed internal Meta emails warning that lifting restrictions on cosmetic filters could prioritize growth over teen safety.
Internal emails among Meta Platforms and Instagram leaders warned the company could be "rightly accused of putting growth over responsibility" as executives debated whether to lift restrictions on cosmetic filters linked to body-image harms in teenage girls - a dispute Instagram head Adam Mosseri was confronted with on the witness stand Wednesday.
Mosseri testified as an adverse witness in the first bellwether trial in Los Angeles County's coordinated minors' soc...
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