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Meta youth safety head, psychologist testify in New Mexico case over harms to teens

By Maria Dinzeo ( March 13, 2026, 01:11 GMT | Insight) -- Jurors in New Mexico’s lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of harming young users heard Thursday from an Instagram safety executive who described scrambling to address troubling recommendations involving minors, as well as a clinical psychologist who said that social media has not been shown to cause teen mental-health disorders.An Instagram safety executive told a New Mexico jury he “dropped everything” after a journalist’s investigation surfaced recommendations linking minors to accounts with sexual or exploitative themes, writing in a company chat that the situation “looks pretty bad.”...

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