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“We call Mark Zuckerberg to the stand.” Thus began Wednesday’s nearly six hours of testimony from the Meta Platforms CEO in a trial of a lawsuit brought by a young woman against several tech companies including Meta, contending that social media causes depression and suicidal thoughts. I was in the downtown Los Angeles courtroom, where Zuckerberg, sitting in the witness stand with an exit sign over his right shoulder, came across as more annoyed than threatened during intense cross-examination.Mark Lanier,.
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