2026-02-19
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It's been brought by a 20-year-old woman who says that she became addicted to social media from the age of six.
It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
This is Andrew Peach on the way, the latest from Los Angeles,
where Metta's Mark Zuckerberg has been defending Instagram in court.
Also today,
why JP Morgan is investing hundreds of billions of dollars in high street bank branches across the US,
and how the price of coffee beans has almost doubled.
First, are social media platforms addictive?
Well, Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of META, which owns Facebook and Instagram,
has been defending those sites in a landmark legal case in Los Angeles.
The claimant says her mental health issues are a result of childhood addiction to social media platforms.
Reports from the courtroom say Mr.
Zuckerberg was testy under questioning.
Let's go live to Peter Bosan, North America correspondent outside court there.
Talk us through what's been happening, Peter.