扎克伯格即將出庭作證 庭審或具里程碑意義 | Meta | 上癮

【大紀元2026年02月18日訊】(大紀元記者秋生綜合報導)Meta執行長馬克‧扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)預計將於週三(2月18日)在洛杉磯高等法院出庭作證,接受控方律師的咨詢。Meta被指控為了牟利故意讓兒童上癮,給兒童及其家庭造成傷害。

控方是一位化名KGM的女性,現年20歲。她聲稱自己在很小的時候對社群媒體上癮,導致患上憂鬱症,產生自殺念頭。

她已經與TikTok和Snap達成和解,Meta Platforms和Google旗下的YouTube是此案的剩餘兩家被告。

扎克伯格曾在國會作證,回答了國會對Meta平台可能給青少年帶來安全問題的質疑,並向那些因社群媒體而遭遇不幸的家庭道歉。家長們認為是社群媒體給他們的家庭造成了悲劇。

此次庭審將是扎克伯格首次在陪審團面前回答類似的問題。預計受害兒童的父母屆時將再次坐在為數不多的公眾席位上旁聽。

雙方辯論

Meta公司發言人表示,該公司強烈反對訴訟中的指控,並稱,「相信證據將表明我們長期以來恪守對年輕人的承諾。」

Meta公司的律師之一保羅‧施密特(Paul Schmidt)曾在開庭陳述中說,該公司不否認​​KGM遭受了心理健康問題困擾,但否認Instagram在這些困擾中扮演了重要角色。

他指出,醫療記錄顯示KGM的家庭生活原本就動盪不安。他和代表YouTube的律師一致認為KGM將他們的平台作為一種應對機制或逃避心理健康問題的途徑。

一週前,Meta旗下Instagram的負責人亞當‧莫塞里(Adam Mosseri)也在法庭上作證,表示不同意社群媒體平台能使人成癮的說法,並堅稱Instagram一直致力於保護使用該服務的年輕人。

他分析說,「從長遠來看,做出那些對我們有利但對人們福祉有害的決定,對公司本身是不利的。」

原告律師馬克‧拉尼爾(Mark Lanier)曾重點質詢莫塞里Instagram上那些改變用戶外貌的美顏濾鏡,預計他會就此話題再次質詢扎克伯格。預計他還將就Instagram演算法、Meta資訊流的無限循環以及原告方認為旨在讓用戶沉迷的其它功能等問題進行質詢。

後果

這場針對社群媒體的審判可謂史無前例,頗具里程碑意義。該案與另外兩起案件的審判被普遍視為風向標,其結果可能會影響家長、學區和各州檢察長在聯邦法院提起的2,300多起相關訴訟的走向。

如果原告勝訴,可能會在全國引發類似的訴訟,使Meta和其它科技公司面臨數十億美元的賠償,並迫使它們重新設計其平台。

原告勝訴還可能開創先例,即使科技公司多年來成功援引《通訊規範法》第230條的內容責任豁免條款,也必須為有害的設計決策承擔責任。第230條是一項聯邦法律,它在很大程度上保護網絡平台免於因用戶發布的內容而引發的訴訟。

(本文參考了美聯社、福克斯商業新聞的報導)

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