{"id":1180,"date":"2026-02-20T08:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:14:26","slug":"zuckerberg-combative-during-initial-testimony-at-social-media-addiction-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg &#8216;combative&#8217; during initial testimony at social media addiction trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VSvQttSwc2U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NBC News&#8217; Brian Cheung and Danny Cevallos review testimony so far from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a landmark case centered around whether social media platforms knowingly designed their apps in a way that harms children. 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