Meta CEO Defends Inevitability of Harms on Social Platforms

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has faced increasing scrutiny over the harms its platforms can cause, particularly to children and vulnerable users. In taped depositions played at a trial in New Mexico this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged that such harms are an inevitable reality of running social media platforms with billions of users.

Zuckerberg was quoted saying,