Instagram Chief Admits Few Teens Used Safety Feature in Meta Addiction Trial

In a San Francisco courtroom, Instagram's chief has acknowledged that fewer than two percent of teenage users ever chose to activate a feature the company publicly championed as a safeguard against addiction — a quiet admission that places the distance between corporate rhetoric and lived reality at the center of a landmark trial. Twenty-nine American states are pursuing $200 billion in damages, arguing that Meta did not merely fail to protect young users but actively engineered the conditions of their harm. The case asks a question that extends well beyond one company: when a platform is buil