Neal Freiman

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and meta and youtube are still very much in the crosshairs a lot is at stake here as he was arriving at the courthouse a security guard at the metal detector asked him if he had any metal on him he said i have a gold chain on and i guess this is zuck's new era and then when they got into the courtroom the judge said hey if anyone is wearing meta ray-ban smart glasses i need you to turn them off and stop recording because that is not allowed

This is very serious, and I will hold you in contempt of court if you do record this proceeding on your smart glasses.

And apparently a lot of Zuck's cohort were wearing meta Ray-Bans.

So any time Zuck appears in front of Congress or a judge, it's always kind of a circus.

And this case was no different.

He and Apple do not get along.

Now, let's zoom out.

Why is this case so important?

Well, this is social media's big tobacco movement.

moment.

There are 1500 pending social media addiction cases that are waiting in the wings.

But before those come to trial, they're going to lay out around 20 what are known as bellwether cases.

This one included in this one is the first of those bellwether cases.

They see how a jury responds to all of these

different arguments, see what they decide, and then decide how to pursue these other 1,500 cases.

So that's why this one's really important because so many others are just waiting in the wings, and this really sets the tone for how those proceed.

But the verdict on yesterday was mostly that Zuckerberg escaped unscathed.