Society
Zuckerberg Took the Stand — Social Media Is Engineering Your Child's Brain
On February 18, 2026, Mark Zuckerberg sat in the witness stand. It was the first time a Meta CEO faced a jury over child safety. Instagram's infinite scroll uses the same addiction mechanism as slot machines, and a shocking 4 million children under 13 were found using the platform. Six EU nations are already pursuing bans on social media for under-16s. The real problem is not the features — it's the ad-based business model itself.