Mark Lanier
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They have purposefully addicted them to change their brain, to alter their sleep patterns, to alter their learning patterns.
They've done it all to make billions and trillions of dollars, and then they get upset that someone holds them accountable.
We've sent a message with this that you will be held accountable for the features that drive addiction.
That's a huge message for these companies.
Why are they talking about negotiations?
First, and most importantly, I want to express our deepest sorrow for everyone affected.
Our efforts are focused on the needs of our passengers and crew members, along with their families and loved ones.
Companies like Air Canada particularly have a responsibility to always communicate in both official languages regardless of the situation.
I'm very disappointed, as others are, in this unilingual message of the CEO of Air Canada.
It doesn't matter the circumstance, but particularly in these circumstances, lack of judgment and lack of compassion.
We slapped a subpoena on Mark Zuckerberg on purpose because we've got documents with his name that he authored that we believe show he put profits over the safety of children.
And we're going to put him on the stand and I'm going to grill him on it.
Lead plaintiff lawyer Mark Lanier pulling out document after document, including one 2018 study stating that roughly a third of kids ages 10 to 12 in the U.S.
Plaintiff Kaylee, in this case, was nine years old when she signed up for it.
Zuckerberg maintains company policy is that users must be over the age of 13, but acknowledged kids can lie.
Zuckerberg pushed back with two separate reasons during these document showings and exhibits.
He said that some of the documents are about 10 years old, and he said in some cases he's not part of the correspondence that were being shown to the jury.