{"id":19285,"date":"2025-04-14T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/metas-antitrust-trial-to-put-mark-zuckerberg-serial-witness-to-the-test-again\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:21:41","slug":"metas-antitrust-trial-to-put-mark-zuckerberg-serial-witness-to-the-test-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/metas-antitrust-trial-to-put-mark-zuckerberg-serial-witness-to-the-test-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s Antitrust Trial to Put Mark Zuckerberg, Serial Witness, to the Test Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Seven years ago, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/10\/us\/politics\/zuckerberg-facebook-senate-hearing.html\" title=\"\">testified for the first time in Congress<\/a>. After a two-week boot camp by his lawyers to prep him, he answered questions in three back-to-back-to-back hearings over two days in a baptism by fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg, 40, has had even more practice since then. He has appeared before Congress eight times and testified in court at least twice, more than any of his peers at the biggest tech companies. He has defended his company, previously known as Facebook, on issues such as privacy, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/22\/technology\/zuckerberg-instagram-child-safety-lawsuits.html\" title=\"\">child safety<\/a> and the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2020\/10\/28\/technology\/tech-hearing\" title=\"\">spread of disinformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As early as Monday, Mr. Zuckerberg will again take the hot seat, this time as the marquee witness in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/28\/technology\/ftc-lina-khan-meta.html\" title=\"\">Federal Trade Commission\u2019s landmark lawsuit<\/a> accusing Meta of breaking antitrust law. Regulators sued the company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia over its acquisitions <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/09\/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion\/\" title=\"\">of Instagram<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/08\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg-whatsapp.html\" title=\"\">WhatsApp<\/a>, saying it used a \u201cbuy-or-bury strategy\u201d to maintain a monopoly in social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s turn as a serial witness has become a potent symbol of Washington\u2019s growing frustration with the power held by Silicon Valley, fueling attempts to rein in the tech industry. Under President Trump, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/technology\/tech-ceos-lobbying-trump.html\" title=\"\">tech chief executives have cozied up<\/a> to the administration in hopes that regulators will take a softer hand, but so far his appointees have signaled continued scrutiny.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Capitol Hill, lawmakers have railed at Mr. Zuckerberg, accusing him of lying and having personal responsibility for various societal harms. Previous tough questioning could help him during his expected seven hours of testimony defending Meta in the antitrust trial, legal experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe seems to be much more aware of the audiences he\u2019s speaking to compared to his earlier years,\u201d said Adam Sterling, associate dean at Stanford Law School. \u201cWhether it\u2019s a deposition or a lawsuit or in front of the Senate, he can actually craft the message to the recipients of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meta and the F.T.C. declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s a far cry from Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s start in a Harvard dorm room 21 years ago. After building \u201cThe Facebook,\u201d he dropped out of school and moved to Silicon Valley to build the social network. His successes and failures were publicly scrutinized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2021, he renamed the company Meta, an effort to shed some of the company\u2019s baggage. He has recently <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/07\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg-meta-free-speech.html\" title=\"\">courted Mr. Trump<\/a>, including visiting the White House this month to try to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-antitrust.html\" title=\"\">persuade the president and his aides to settle<\/a> the F.T.C.\u2019s suit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The government scrutiny and legal challenges haven\u2019t inflicted lasting wounds on the company. Meta\u2019s stock price has more than doubled since Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s first appearance in Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg is likely to face a more grueling time on the stand at the antitrust trial, legal experts said. Congressional hearings feature grandstanding by lawmakers, and they are limited to a few minutes each. F.T.C. lawyers plan to grill Mr. Zuckerberg for hours. They also have a trove of his emails and other communications and plan to ask him to defend the documents that they say prove his company\u2019s ill intentions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA trial is a different beast since opposing counsel will be well prepared, ask better questions and stay focused on their case,\u201d said Nu Wexler, a former policy official for Meta and a principal for Four Corners Public Affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2017, Mr. Zuckerberg testified in Dallas in a trial over intellectual property theft claims by a video game company, ZeniMax Media. He also testified in San Jose, Calif., in 2023 during an F.T.C. trial <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/01\/technology\/meta-within-deal-ftc.html\" title=\"\">to block Meta\u2019s acquisition<\/a> of the virtual reality company Within.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This time, the F.T.C. is asking Judge James E. Boasberg to find Meta guilty of antitrust violations, so there is \u201ca lot more at stake,\u201d said Katie Harbath, a former public policy director for Meta and the chief executive of Anchor Change, a consulting firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For the first half of Meta\u2019s history, Mr. Zuckerberg shied away from unscripted public appearances. In 2010, he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/06\/weekinreview\/06fight.html\" title=\"\">fumbled<\/a> an interview at a technology conference by struggling to respond to questions about privacy as beads of sweat ran down his face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Most of his public witness experience has come before Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg faced an enormous backlash from Washington lawmakers after the 2016 presidential election. Reports surfaced that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/06\/weekinreview\/06fight.html\" title=\"\">Facebook had given Cambridge Analytica,<\/a> a political consulting firm, access to people\u2019s social networking data without their consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That led to Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s appearance at packed hearings in Congress in April 2018. His lawyers coached him to stay calm when interrupted and to postpone answers to hard questions, according to Meta employees familiar with the briefings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy team will get back to you,\u201d he said multiple times at the hearings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The next year, Mr. Zuckerberg faced questions from the House Financial Services Committee on the security and safety of the company\u2019s plans for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/23\/technology\/facebook-zuckerberg-libra-congress.html\" title=\"\">a cryptocurrency called Libra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, asked Mr. Zuckerberg about misinformation in political advertisements and interrupted him. He winced occasionally and at times struggled to find answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Maxine Waters of California, the Democratic chair of the committee at the time, accused Mr. Zuckerberg of putting the company\u2019s fortunes ahead its users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou\u2019re willing to step on anyone \u2014 your competitors, women and people of color, even our democracy,\u201d Ms. Waters said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI get that I\u2019m not the ideal messenger for this right now,\u201d Mr. Zuckerberg replied. \u201cWe certainly have work to do to build trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zuckerberg did better in his next two appearances, legal experts and former employees said, showing more polish and control of his answers. He and the chiefs of Apple, Amazon and Google were summoned in 2020 during the pandemic for a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the power of Big Tech. In 2021, joined by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/03\/25\/business\/social-media-disinformation\" title=\"\">the chief executives of Twitter and Google<\/a>, Mr. Zuckerberg spoke to a House committee about disinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last year, Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, demanded during a child safety hearing that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/31\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg-senate-apology.html\" title=\"\">Mr. Zuckerberg apologize<\/a> to parents who had lost their children to bullying and other harms that Facebook and Instagram were accused of fueling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry for everything you have all been through,\u201d Mr. Zuckerberg said to parents who attended. \u201cNo one should go through the things that your families have suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hawley said it was important to hold Meta and Mr. Zuckerberg accountable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis was my entire goal, to force a moment of truth,\u201d Mr. Hawley said in an interview. \u201cBut the truth is also that he keeps sailing right on ahead and will do so until there are real consequences from Congress and in the trial next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/14\/technology\/zuckerberg-testifies-meta-trial-ftc.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven years ago, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, testified for the first time in Congress. 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