Adam Mosseri

Adam Mosseri is the head of Instagram, a social media platform owned by Meta. He is newsworthy due to ongoing landmark trials concerning the alleged addictive nature of Meta's platforms and their potential harm to children's mental health. Mosseri's taped deposition was presented at a trial in New Mexico, where he acknowledged that harms to children, including mental health detriments, are inevitable on Meta's platforms. He also appeared in court to testify in a social media case seeking to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children. These trials question whether Instagram and other platforms are deliberately designed to be addictive, leading to mental health issues in young users. Instagram's recent announcement to alert parents if teens repeatedly search for self-harm terms is a direct response to the scrutiny and legal pressure surrounding these issues, highlighting Mosseri's role in navigating the company's response to these serious allegations.