Meta’s Zuckerberg Seeks Out of Lawsuits Blaming Him for Instagram Addiction
- Meta CEO has been personally sued in two dozen cases across US
- He argues he can’t be held liable just because he’s the boss
Mark Zuckerberg departs a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, in January.
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Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.
The Meta chief executive officer made his case at a hearing Friday in California federal court, but the judge didn’t immediately make a decision. A ruling in Zuckerberg’s favor would dismiss him as a personal defendant in the litigation with no impact on the allegations against Meta.