"Instagram head Adam Mosseri took the witness stand Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom to defend the social media platform against allegations it knowingly harmed young users, marking a pivotal moment in what could become a landmark case for the tech industry. "We're trying to be as safe as possible but also censor as little as possible," Mosseri testified in the civil trial brought by a 20-year-old woman identified as Kaley, who claims Instagram and YouTube intentionally developed addictive features that harmed her mental health."
""I think it's important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use," said Mosseri, who acknowledged he is not a medical professional. "Yes, for an individual, there's a such thing as using Instagram more than you feel good about," he told the court. When plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier asked if Mosseri was aware that Kaley had once spent over 16 hours in a single day on Instagram, Mosseri responded, "That sounds like problematic use.""
Adam Mosseri testified in a Los Angeles civil trial defending Instagram against allegations that the platform knowingly harmed young users. He said the company tries to be as safe as possible while censoring as little as possible. Mosseri distinguished clinical addiction from what he called "problematic use," acknowledged he is not a medical professional, and said individual users can use Instagram more than they feel good about. He described a reported 16-hour Instagram session as problematic use. The case could influence more than 1,500 similar lawsuits; TikTok and Snap have settled. Courtroom emotions rose amid testimony about teen-targeted beauty filters and internal company debates from 2019.
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