Zuckerberg grilled about Meta’s strategy to target ‘teens’ and ‘tweens’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at the Los Angeles Superior Court ahead of the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children on Feb. 18, 2026. Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify Wednesday. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was clearly getting testy.

“That’s not what I’m saying at all,” said the tech billionaire. “I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying,” Zuckerberg responded. “You’re mischaracterizing what I’m saying,” he shot back.

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