Kim Vennell
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786 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard yesterday
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand today in a trial testing whether big tech platforms can be held liable for addictive features in their app design.
The case, brought by a 20-year-old woman, alleges the companies behind Facebook, Instagram and YouTube deliberately designed products they knew would become addictive to children.
All have denied the allegations.
Our reporter Jodie Godoy covers tech policy and will be in the courtroom.
Social media platforms globally are facing pressure to limit access for teen users.
But, Jodi says, not only is Meta responding with new safety tools, it's also on somewhat of a PR blitz.
Now, if you're keen to go deeper on this, take a listen to our On Assignment episode all about the world first social media ban for teens that's now a few months in in Australia.
I spoke to the journalists covering it from all angles and heard from parents and, of course, from the teens themselves.
There's a link to that in the show notes.
Before we go, a quick correction.
In yesterday's podcast, we said Barack Obama was elected in 2018 rather than 2008.
Sorry about that.
And for today's recommended read, how Canadian troops are training in the Arctic as tensions rise over the region.
Follow the link in the pod description to see members of Canada's military enduring temperatures below minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit for the exercises.
And for more on any of the stories from today, check out Reuters.com or the Reuters app.
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We'll be back tomorrow with our daily headline show.
Hi, I'm Kim Vennell in Whanganui, New Zealand.
And I'm Carmel Crimmins in Dublin.
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