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In US social media trial, Meta’s internal records complicate its youth narrative

By Maria Dinzeo ( February 21, 2026, 02:03 GMT | Comment) -- Internal Meta documents have offered a rare inside look at the company’s strategy around capturing the youth market.When former Meta Platforms executive Brian Boland described his onetime employer as a “black box” on the witness stand this week, he was asked what he meant. “You don’t know what’s happening inside of it,” he said. But over the past week, jurors weighing claims that social media was designed to be addictive have been fed a steady drip of internal Meta documents that offered a rare look inside....

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